16. RHOMBOIDICHTHY.S. 431 



together, the upper being scarcely in advance of the lower. Lateral 

 line with a strong curve anteriorly ; scales ciliated. The pectoral is 

 a little shorter than the head. Olive, with brownish and pearl- 

 coloured spots. (Bleek.) 

 Nagasaki. 



Described from a single specimen 64 mm. long. 



15. PARALICHTHYS, 



Paralichthys, Girard in U. S. Pacif. E. H. Uxped. Fishes, p. 146. 



Mouth large ; slender and conical teeth on both sides of the jaws. 

 The dorsal fin commences on the snout ; dorsal and anal rays simple. 

 Scales small, ciliated ; lateral Line with a curve anteriorly. Eyes on 

 the right side. 



California. 



1. Paralichthys maculosus. 



Pleuronectes maculosus, Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, 



p. 155. 

 Paralichthj's macidosus, Girard in U. S. Pacif. P. P. Pxped. Fishes, 



p. 147. 



D. 68. A. 52. 



Body elongate, subeUiptical ; the length of the head is contained foui* 

 times and one-third in the total (with the caudal). The lower jaw 

 is the longer ; the maxillary extends behind the orbit. The ventral 

 fin is small and reaches to the third anal ray. Reddish-brown, scat- 

 tered all over with numerous spots of a darker hue. {Girard.) 



San Diego. 



16. RHOMBOIDICHTHYS *. 



Rhombus, Attct. 



Rhomboidiclithys, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. 3Ianad. Sf Ma- 



kass. p. 67. 

 Platophrys, Bleek. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sc. Anisterd. 1862, xiii. Pleu- 



7-on. p. 5. 



Mouth of moderate width, or small, the length of the maxillary 

 being one-third, or less than one-thii-d, of that of the head. Tctth 

 minute, of equal size, in a single or double series ; vomerine f and 

 palatine teeth none. Eyes separated by a concave more or less broad 

 space. The dorsal commences on the snout ; dorsal and anal rays 

 simple. Scales ciliated ; lateral line with a strong curve anteriorly. 

 Eyes on the left side. 



Seas between the tropics ; Mediterranean ; Sea of Japan. 



a. Scales very small : lihomhoidichthijs, m.., ii. 432. 

 ft. Scales of moderate size(L.lat.40)and deciduous: Plat02:>hrys,-p.4B7. 

 y. Scales of moderate size (L. lat. 52) and not deciduous : Engypro- 

 sopon, p. 438. 



* ? 1. Pleuronectes maciiliferus, Foe;/, Mem. Cub. ii. 1801, p. 3IG. — Cuba. 

 t See P. marchionessarum. p. 435. 



