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Show 250 PISCES. (The Fl oun d er. ) Nearly similar in form to t.h e pla. tessa, but w1• th 1t· g 11 t e1. spots·' more granules on the salient lme of the heac1; a sma 11 rough button on the ba.s e of each ray. along the whole of the dorsal and anal; lateral.hne covered w1th. rough· ene d sea1 e s. 1~h·15 srJecies ascends n vers to a great dtstance, and individuals are frequently found turned. . P . po la , C u V. ,• r"r raie Limandelle, Duham. Sect. IX, pl. v1, f. 3 and 4. The form oblong and approaching that of the S~Ie, although wider, and distinguished from other Platess::e Wlth u·enchant teeth by a smaller head and mouth; body smooth and lateral line straight. It is considered in France equal to the SoPle.. limanda, L.; Bl., 46. (The Dab.) Form rhom b 'd I l'k 01 a, 1 e that of the Flounder; eyes large, with a salient line between them· the latet·alline strongly curved above the pectoral; scales roug~, whence its French name Limande (from lima, file); the teeth on a single range as in other Platess-re, but narrower .and almost linear; the sides on which the eyes are placed of a hght brown, with some faded brown and whitish spots. ( 1) HIPPOGLossus, Cuv. The shape and fins of a Platessa, with the jaws and ~harynx armed with teeth, which are most commonly strong and pomted; the form is usually more oblong. Pl. hippoglossus, L.; BI., 47. (The Holibut.) Eyes on the right side; lateral line arcuated above the pectoral. From the north seas, where it attains a length of six or seven feet, and weighs from three to four hunch·ed pounds. It is salted, dried and sold by pieces throughout the North.(2) The Mediterranean produces several smaller species, some of which have the eyes on the left; one of them is the Pl. macrolepidotus, Bl., 190; Citharus, Rondel., 314. ?blong; lateral line straight; distinguished by the scales, whtch are larger in proportion than in any other. RHoMBus, Cuv. Teeth small and crowded, or like those of a card in the jaws and (1) Add, Fleur. planus, Mitch.;-Plwr. stellatus, Pall., Mem. Ac. Petersb., III, x, 1. h · 11 (2) The Pl. limanoi'des, Bl., 186, or Citharus asper, Ronde1, 3.15' and t. e ~~~ guia, Faber, Isis, tom. XXI, p. 870, also appear to be northern Hlppoglossi ..N i , Pleur. erwmei, Bl. Schn., or Jldalah, Russel, I, 69;-Pl. nalaka, Cuv., or oret nalaka, Russel, 77. MALACOPTERYGII SUBRACIIL\TI. 251 pharynx, as in Hippoglossus; but the dorsal advances towards the edge of the upper jaw and extends, as well as the anal, close to the caudal. The eyes of most of them are sinister. In some the eyes at·e approximated, the interval beiqg occupied by a slightly salient crest. Such are the two following large species of the coast of Europe, the most highly esteemed of the whole genus. Pl. maximus, L.; Bl., 49. (The Turbot.) The body rhomboidal and almost as high as it is long, the brown side studded with small tubercles. Pl. rhombus, L.; Bl., 43; la Barbue; the body more oval and without tubercles; distinguished by the fit·st rays of the dorsal, which are half free, and split into thongs at the extremity. Pl. punctatus, BI. 189; Pl. lrevis, Shaw; Pl. hirtus, Dan. Zool., pl., 103; the Kitt, Penn., pl. 41; Ray, Syn., pl. 1, f. I; Duham., Sect. IX, pl. v, f. 4. Much less common on the coast of Europe; oval like the vulgaris, but has no thongs to its rays; scales rough; teeth very small; the cheek covered as if with fine velvet; black spots and points on a brown gt·ound.(1) Pl. cardina, Cuv.; Duham., Sect. IX, pl. vi, f. 5; and Ray, 170, pl. 1, No. 2.(2) (The Whiff.) A pet·fect oblong; its first rays ft·ee but simple; teeth very short, small and crowded; white and blackish spots, partly laid on a brown gt·ound. It is sometimes, though rarely, taken on the coast of the British Channel. Pl. nuclus, Risso; .ll.rnoglossum, Ronde!., 324. A Mediterranean species but a few inches long, whose large thin scales are easily dislodged. The same sea produces another, the R. candidissimtts, Risso, Ed. II, f. 34; Pl. diaphanus, Schn., IV, part ii, 309. Still smaller, ·wholly diaphanous, with a series of separated red spots on the dorsal and anal. In others the eyes are far apart and the upper one is thrown backwards, the interval between them being concave. At the base of (1) I have reason to believe that the Pl. unimaculatus, Risso, Ed. II, f. 35, is merely a sexual variety of the punctatus. (2) These figures represent the eyes on the right, whereas they are on the left. Bloch thought that the Whiff of Ray and Pennant was the kvis, but the L~evis is the Kitt of those authors-a single glance at the first plate of Ray, where they are both figured, will convince any one of the fact. Add: Pl. triocellatus, Schn., Russ., 76;-Pl. maculosua, Cuv., Russ., 75;-Pl. aquosua, Mitch., pl. ii, f. 3.;-Pl. Boscii, Hiss., Ed. I, pl. viii, f. 33;-Pl. aramaca, Cuv., Marcgr., 181, very difFe~ent from the Pl. mar:rolepidotua, which is not from Brazil, but from the Mediterranean, and with which Bloch has confounded it. \ |