i ir, 



oneetet limandanus, Parn. Edinb. \r\v Philos, Joum. 1835, p. 210 



I ST, i. 

 '''"'- •■<» lintandoides, Jen. Man. Kril. Vert. \nini. p. 159 (1835).' 

 HtRpOj limandoidcs, Oiinth. ('al. l-'ish. Brit. Mus. vol. I. p. I 1 '"' 



(1862). 

 Hippfiglossoides platessoides, Coll. Forh.^Vid, Sekk. ('Ina. 1878, No. 14, 



1». '.i-J (1878). 



Diagn. Legemet glat. dets Højde indéholdes -'l' ,. hos 

 aldre Individer 2 i ... Hon ilds Lam/tir i /' , Gange i To- 

 taUængden. Dorsalens Af stand fra Caudalen er betydeligt 

 mindre, end Halerodpns Højde. Hovedet skjælbeklædt lige 

 ud paa Kjævemé; Finnerne ligeledes skjælbéklædte. Inter- 

 orbitcdrwmmet smult: Øjnene ligge fortil i sa/m/me Plan, og 

 indéholdes 4. hos fuldt udvoxede Individer 4\. (lange i 

 Hovedets Lcengde. Underkjceven hengsl. Rodgraa. ofte med 

 enkelte (4 — 6) utydelige større Hetter langs Orundén af 

 Dorsahm og Analen : Blmdsidem heia". 



M. B. 8. D. 76—92 (93—101); A. 04—72 (60—79); 

 P. 10—11 (9—12); V. li. 



Loealit. fra NordL. Exped. Tanafjord i Finmar- 

 ken: Havet mellem Nordcap og Beeren Eilancl. samt Havet 

 søndenfor Spitsbergen. 



Bamærkninger til Synonymien. I 1780 opstillede 

 Og beskrev Fabricius i ..Fauna Groenlandica- under Np. 119 

 sin Pleuronectes platessoides, og i 1789 blev Arten opført 

 under dette Fabricii Navn i Gmelin's 13de Udgave af Lin- 

 næi ..Systema Naturae" (p. 1234). Endnu engang gjorde 

 Fabricius den til Gjenstand lnr en temmelig udførlig Be- 

 skrivelse, der indførtes i Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. 

 Afh. 1 Del. p. 40 (1824). ledsaget af en Tegning, der dog 

 var af meget primitiv Natur. 



Senere er Arten under denne Benævnelse kun sjel- 

 dent, og aldrig med nogen Udførlighed eller etter Autopsi 

 bleven omtalt, og specielt er dens rette Forbold til den 

 europæiske Pleuronectes Hmandoides, opstillet af Bloch i 

 17S7. ikke gjort til Gjenstand for nogen sammenlignende 

 Undersøgelse 1 . naar undtages, at Malmgren. der havde 2 

 spæde Unger af. bvad ban antog var denne Art. fra Spits- 



1 Den udførlige Beskrivelse al' „Pleuroneetes platessoides, Fabr." fra 

 Island, som Faber giver i sin „Naturg. Eische Islands", p. 110 (Frankt 

 1829), vedrører ikke denne Art, men Pl. limanda, Lin. 

 Den norske Nordhavsexpedition. Collett: Fiske. 



Pleuronectes limandanus, Parn. Edinb, Now Philos.. Journ. 1885, p. 210 



(1835). ■ 

 Platessa Hmandoides, Jen. Man. Brit. Vert. Aniiu. p. 459 (1835). 

 Hippoglossoides limt nu/of,/, s, (ninth. Cat. Pish. Brit. Mus. vol, 4, p. 105 



(1862). 

 Hippoglossoides platessoides, Coll. Forh. Vid., Selsk. ('lira. 1878, No. II, 



p. 92 i 1878). 



Diagnosis. — Body smooth : depth to total length as 

 1 to .V 1 , i. in full-grown examples as I to 2 3 j a ; length of 

 laud as 1 to 4 — 4 l l i . Distance of dorsal from caudal 

 considerably less than fin- height of the peduncle of the tail. 

 Head scaled, out on the jaws; flic fins, too, are covered with 

 scales. Interorbital space narrow; tin' eyes equal in front; 

 their diameter is to tlir length of the head as 1 to 4. 

 in full-grown individuals as 1 to 4 l i^ Lower jaw longer 

 than upper. Colour reddish-grey, frequently with a few 

 (4 — (>) large, indistinct spots along the hase of the dorsal 

 ami anal. The blind side irhife. 



M. B. 8. D'. 76— 92 (93—101); A. 64—72 (60—79); 

 P. 10—11 (9—12): V. 6. 



Locality (North Atl. Exped. i: - The Tana Fjord 

 (Finmark); the open sea. between . the North Cape and 

 Beeren Eiland; and the ocean tract south of Spitzber; sn. 



Remarks on the Synonymy. — In 1780, Fabricius 

 established and described the species Pleuronectes platessoi- 

 des in his "Fauna grænlandica" (No. .119); and in 1789 it 

 was classed with this name in Gmelin's 13th Edition of 

 Linneus's "Systema naturæ" (p. 1234). Once again Fabricius 

 made PI-, platessoides the subject of a rather elaborate de- 

 scription, in Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. Part 1. 

 p. 40 (1824); and on this occasion he furnished a drawing. 

 which is however exceedingly primitive in character. 



Under the name of PI. platessoides, the species has 

 since been rarely recorded, and never once described fully 

 or from autopsy ; nor has its true relation to the European 

 form of Pl. Hmandoides, described by Bloch in 1787. been 

 made the subject of comparative investigation. 1 saving that 

 Malmgren, who was in possession of 2 very young exam- 

 ples (belonging, • in his opinion, to this species), from Spitz- 



1 The a Pleuronectes platessoides, Eabr.," fromthe coasl of [celand, of 



which Falier gave a detailed description in his "Naturg. Eische Is- 

 lands," p. 140 (Erankf. 1829), is not this speciej, but PI. limanda, Lin. 



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