474 PLEURONECTID^. 



the caudal). The width of the interorbital space is nearly equal to 

 the diameter of the eye ; the upper eye shghtly in advance of the 

 lower. Brownish: vertical fins with numerous rounded brown spots ; 

 body with similar but rather scattered spots, and with about eight 

 vertical black lines. Young specimens with some round whitish 

 spots on the body. The left side uniform whitish. 

 Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 b-f. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's 



Collection. 

 g. Young. Bahia. From Dr. 0. Wucherer's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown. Lindoagii. Presented by Lord Stuart de Rothesay. 

 i. Half- grown. Brazils. Museum Leach. 

 k, h-m. Adult and half-grown. South America. 

 n, o-p. Young and half-grown. 



25. Solea indica. 

 D. 55. A. 44. P. 4. L. lat. ca 85. 



No trace of a pectoral on the left side ; that on the right not much 

 longer than the eye. The right ventral is composed of four rays, which 

 are continuous with the anal. Scales on the nape twice or thrice as 

 large as those on the body. Jaws equal in length anteriorly. Head 

 without tentacles or fringes. The height of the body is contained 

 once and two-thirds in the total length (without caudal), the length 

 of the head thrice and a fom-th. The width of the interorbital space 

 equals that of the eye, which is very small ; upper eye in advance of 

 the lower. Most of the rays of the vertical fins are branched, the 

 longest dorsal rays being two-thirds of the length of the head. Caudal 

 rounded, as long as the head. Uniform brownish (in spirits) ; dorsal 

 and anal fins darker. 



Madras. 



a. Twenty-two lines long. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



26. Solea scutum. 



D. 55. A. 48. P. 3. L. lat. 80. 



No trace of a pectoral on the left side ; the right quite rudimentary, 

 scarcely longer than the eye. The right ventral fin is composed of five 

 rays, which are continuous with the anal. Scales on the nape nearly 

 twice as large as those on the body. Snout with scarcely any fringes 

 on the blind side ; the right lower lip fringed. The height of the body 

 is contained once and a half in the total length (without caudal), the 

 length of the head thrice and two-thirds. The width of the inter- 

 orbital .space is less than the horizontal diameter of the orbit ; the 

 upper eye is slightly in advance of the lower. The longest dorsal 

 rays are in the posterior third of the fin, two-thirds of the length of 



