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common in the markets of New York." I doubt whether it inhabits the wa- 

 ters near the city. The specimens brought to the New York market are 

 caught "down east," according to the fishermen. Dekay's description is 

 evidently copied from Storer ; erroneous proportions assigned by the latter 

 being reproduced, and no figure is given. 



CHJENOPSETTA Gill. 



Ch^ENOPSETTA OCELLARfS Gill. 



l'leuronectes dentatus Mitch., Trans, t. 390, (not L.) 

 Rhombus aquosus St. (not PL aquosus Mitch).) 

 Platessa oblonga Dehay. 

 Platessa ocellaris Defray. 

 Chaenopsetta oblonga Gill. 

 Pseudorhombus oblongus Gthr., iv. 426. 

 " ocellaris Gthr., iv. 430. 



Monst. Pleuronectes melanogaster Mitch. 

 Hab. Maine to North Carolina. 



The verification on six individuals of the number of rays furnished the fol- 

 lowing results : 



1. Beesley's Point, N. J. D. 88. A. 66. 



2. New York. 89. 66. 



3. Norfolk, Va. 91. 66. 



4. Beesley's Point. 91. 67. 



5. Old Point, Va. 92. 70. 



6. Beesley's Point 94. 70. 



The correctness of Giinther's very wide separation of the Platessa oblonga 

 and P. ocellaris of Dekay, after their union by his successors and country- 

 men, is, therefore, not evident. 



CHiENOPSETTA DENTATA Gill. 



Pleuronectes dentatus L., i. 458. 

 Pseudorhombus dentatus Gthr., iv. 425. 

 Hab. Charleston, S. C, Gordon, Girard. 



Ch-sexopsetta oblonga Gill. 



Pleuronectes oblonga Mitch., Trans, i. 391. 



Platessa quadrocellata Storer, Boston Pr. ii., 242, 1847. Mem. A. A. S. 

 viii. 397, pi. 31, f. 3. 



Mitchill well describes the coloration. " The uniformity of color is inter- 

 rupted by four dark spots on the back, two on each side of the lateral line. 

 One of the two on each side is about midway of the length, and the other near 

 the tail. The former are about three-quarters of an inch in diameter [in a spe- 

 cimen 15 X 6] ; the latter not so considerable." This description, therefore, 

 cannot be referrible to a variety of the common species. 



The radial formula of Mitchill, (D. 79. A. 59), is not applicable to this 

 Choznopsetta, nor C. ocellaris, and is probably either the result of a typo- 

 graphical error, or carelessness in enumeration. The Choznopsetta dentata 

 exhibits no trace of spots. 



REINHARDTIUS Gill, 1860. 

 Platysomaticbthys Blkr., 1862. 



Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Gill. 

 Pleuronectes cynoglossus Fab., F. G. 163, sp. 118, 1780. 

 " hippoglossoides Walb., Art. Gen. 115. 1782. 



" pinguis Fab., 1821. 



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