1897.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 133 



MALACANTHIDJE. 



190. Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch). 



Coryphcena plumieri Bloch, plate 175, 1787 (Antilles). 

 Malacanthus plumieri, Giinther, Cat., Ill, 359. 



BLENNIIDJE. 



191. Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Clinus nuchipinnis Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Urania, Zool., 255 ; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Synopsis, 762. 



PLEURONECTIDjE. 



192. Platophrys lunatus (Linnams). 



Pleuronectes lunatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 269, 1758 (Bahamas, after 

 Catesby ) . 



Platophrys lunatus, Jordan & Goss, Flounders and Soles, 43. 



193. Platophrys maculifer (Poey). Ringed Sole. 



Pleuronectes maculifenis Poey, Mem., II, 316, I860 (Cienfuegos). 

 Platophrys maculifer, Jordan & Goss, Pleuronectida?, 43. 



194. Syacium micrurum Ranzani. 



Syacium micrurum Ranzani, Nov. Spec. Pise. Diss. Sec, 1840, 20, pi. 5, 

 (Brazil) ; Jordan & Goss, Flounders and Soles, 46. 



The specimens here noted have not the eyes so nearly even as has 

 the specimen from Bahia, with which they agree otherwise. 



Family SOLEIDJE. 



195. Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus). 



Pleuronectes, lineatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 268, 1758. 

 Achirus lineatus, Jordan & Goss, Flounders and Soles, 88. 



Eleven specimens, five females, four that seem to be males, and 

 two seemingly immature females. Leaving out of account the latter 

 two specimens, the males can be readily distinguished by the darker 

 color, by the more anterior position of the upper eye, which is half 

 or more than half of its diameter in front of lower, and by the wider 

 gape to the mouth, which extends to below the middle of the lower 

 eye. The females are light in color, the upper eye is anterior to the 

 lower by less than half its diameter, and the angle of the mouth is 

 under anterior portion of lower eye. The two other specimens whose 

 sex could not be determined resemble the females ; one is small and 

 certainly immature, but the other is larger, and may be a male. 



196. Symphurus plagusia (Linnaeus). 



Pleuronectes plagusia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 455, 1766 (Charleston?). 

 Symphtirus plagusia, Jordan & Goss, Pleuronectidae, 100. 



OGCOOEPHALID.2E. 



197. Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus). Fishing Frog. 

 Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. , Ed. XII, 402. 



