3. nippOGLOssoiDEs. 405 



3. HIPPOGLOSSOIDES *. 



HippoglosBoides, Gottsche in Wieyin. Arch. 1835, p. 168. 



Eyes on the right side ; mouth wide, the length of the maxiUary 

 being more than one-third of that of the head. Teeth small, 

 conical, in a single series ; no teeth on the palate. The dorsal fin 

 commences above the eye ; dorsal and anal rays simple. Scales 

 small, or rather small, ciliated ; latei-al Hne without anterior curva- 

 ture. 



Northern shores of the Atlantic. 



1 . Hippoglossoides limandoides. 



The rough Dab or Saudsucker. 



Pleuronectes limandoides, Bl. Ausl. Fische, iii. p. 24. tab. 106 ; Bl. 



Schn. p. 146 ; Gm. L. i. p. 1232 ; Uwep. iv. p. G35 ; Faher, Isis, 1828. 



p. 878. 

 Isskadda, Quensel in Vet. Akad. Handl. 1806, p. 222. 

 Pleuronectes linguatula, Midi. Prodr. p. 377. 

 Hippoglossoides limanda, GottscJie in Wief/m. Arch. 1835, p. 168. 

 Pleui-onectes limandanus, Parnell in Fdinb. Nezv JPhilos. Journ. 1835, 



p. 210. 

 Platessa limandoides, Parn. TVern. 3Iem. vii. p. 368. tab. 38, or Fish. 



Frith of Forth, p. 208. tab. 38 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 312, 



and 3rd edit. i. p. 625 ; Jen. Man. p. 459 ; Fries och Ekstr. Skatid. 



Fisk. p. 117. pi. 27 ; Niks. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 629. 



B. 8. D. 82-87. A. 64-65. L. lat.lOO. Cac. pylor. 4. 

 Vert. 45. 



The dorsal commences behind the anterior margin of the ej'e. 

 MaxiUaiy scaly. The height of the body is one-third of the total 

 length (^vithout caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. The 

 greatest depth between the anal fin and the lateral line is less than 

 the length of the head. Scales on the cheek not much smaller than 

 those on the body ; interorbital ridge veiy narrow, scaly ; no spines 

 or tubercles along the lateral line or the base of the dorsal and anal 

 fins ; lateral line scarcely bent upwards above the pectoral. Snout 

 shorter than the orbit, the diameter of wliicli is one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. Lower jaw prominent ; the length of the max- 

 illaiy is two-fifths of that of the head. Teeth veiy small, conical, 

 pointed, the front teeth in the upper jaw and a pair in front of the 

 lower being the largest. Front margins of the eyes on the same level. 

 Each fin-ray is accompanied by a series of very small rough scales ; 

 the distance of the dorsal fi'om the caudal is rather less than the 

 depth of the fi'ee portion of the tail ; the longest dorsal rays ai-e 



* 1. Pleuronectes platessoides, Fabr. Faun. Granl. p. 164, and Vidensk. Selsk. 

 Natiirv. och Mafhfm. APuindl. i. p. 50. tab. 2. fig. 2. — Citharus plates- 

 soides, Reinh. Vidensk, Sclsk. Naturv. och Math. Apiandl. vii. p. 130; 

 Gaim. Voi/. Scand. et Lap. Poiss. pi. 21. — Greenland. Perlinps iden- 

 tical witli H. limandoides. 



