2; J. soLEA. 477 



.'il. Solea brownii. 



Plem'onectes, Broicn, Jamaica, p. 445. no. 1. 



I'asser, Ita;/, Syn. p. 157. no. 1 ; Sluane, Jam. ii. p. 277. tab. 246. fif?. 2 



(bad) ; Kli'in, Pise. 3Iiss. iv. p. 34. no. 7. 

 Rliombo tides, sp., Klein, Pise. Miss. v. p. 92. no. 15, 



D. 54. A. 42. L. lat. 85. 



Pectorals none. The right ventral is composed of three rays, which 

 are continuous with the anal. Scales on the nape four or five times 

 as largo as those on the bodj- ; those on the chin half as large as those 

 on the neck. The left side of the neck covered with very large scales, 

 the left side of the snout with a few broad short fringes ; the left 

 nosti-il surrounded by some fringes ; no prominent barbels on the 

 upper jaw ; the right lower lip fringed. 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 half. The -width of the inter- 

 orbital space equals the diameter of the eye ; the upper eye is slightly 

 in advance of the lower. Caudal rounded, its length being contained 

 four times and a foiirth in the total. Brownish, with about eight 

 black vertical lines and with scattered roundish brown spots. The 

 membrane between nearly every second pair of rays of the vertical 

 fins is brown. The blind side is immaculate whitish. 



Atlantic coasts of the Southern States of North America. 



rt. Sixty-three lines long. New Orleans. From M.Salle's Collection. 

 I. Half-gi'own. Texas. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



32. Solea guttulata. 

 Aseraggodes giittulatus, Katip in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 103, 



D. 64. A. 42. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length*, the length 

 of the head one-fifth. Eyes close together. About forty-eight scales 

 in a transverse series. Grey, ^ith darker spots and streaks. {Kaup.) 



Hah. ? 



33. Solea fimbriata. 



D. 46. A. 33, L. lat. ca 70. 



Pectorals none. The right ventral is composed of five rays, which 

 are continuous -with the anal. Scales on the nape four times, those 

 on the cliin twice as large as those on the body. Upper part of the 

 snout slightly bent downwards over the mandible, and forming a 

 short hook ; the right lower lip is lu'oadly fringed, each fringe being 

 serrated ; the nostril is in a short, wide, fringed tube. No tentacles 

 on the h'ft side of the head. The height of the body is two-thirds 

 of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head nearly 

 one-third. The width of the intcrorbital space ecjuals the diameter 

 of the circular small orbit ; the upper eye is slightly in advance of 

 the lower. The longest dorsal rays are two-thirds of the length of 



* Hr. Kaup says that his genus A$craggodcs comprises ratlier oblong species ; 

 but the present species is one of those which evidently has the body much elevated. 



