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I. EUCITHARUS LINGUATULA (Linnaeus). 



PUuronecUs linguatula, Linnxus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 270 ; Schneider, 1801, in Bloch, Syst. 



Ichth., p. 151. 

 Pleuronectes macroUpidoius, Bloch, 1787, Xat. Ausl. Fische, iii, p. 34, pi. cxc ; Delaroche, 1809, 



Ann. Mus. H. N. (Paris), xiii, p. 353 ; Bonaparte, 1841, Icon. F. Ital., {4), Indice (2) and (22), 



fig. ; Canestrini, 1862, Arch. Zool. .Anat. Fisiol. Geneva, i, p. 16, pi. ii, fig. i. 

 Pleuronectes citharus, Spinola, 1807, .•^nn. Mus. H. X. Paris, x (58-59), p. 374 ; Bonaparte, 1846, 



Cat. metod. Pesci Europ., p. 47 ; Moreau, 1881, Hist. Nat. Poiss. France, iii, p. 334, fig. 186. 

 ? Solea limanda, Rafinesque, l8ro, Ind. itt. Sicil., p. 14. 

 Solea cithara, Rafinesque, 1810, torn, cit., pp. 14, 52. 

 Hippoglossus [?] macrolepidotus, Cuvier, 1817, R. Anim., ed. I, ii, p. 221 ; Cuvier, 1829, R. Anim., 



ed. 



, p. 340 



1S4; 



. 246 ; Costa, 1847, Faun. R. N'apoli, 

 , Sin. raed. spec. Lag. Veneto, p. 12 r. 



424. 



Hippoglossus citharus, Risso, 1826, H. N. Europe, 

 fasc. 55-8, p. 27. 



Pleuronectes patarachia, Nardo (ex Chiereghini MS.), 



.'' Pleuronectes chiiarus, Nardo, 1847, torn, cit., p. 121. 



Citharus macrolepidotus. Sleeker, 1862, Versl. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, .xiii, 



Citharus Itnguatula, Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 418 ; Steindachner 

 Wiss. Wien, Ivii (i), p. 717 ; Jordan and Goss, t889. Rep. U.S. Com. Fish 



Buen, 1926, Cat. ictiol. Medit. Espan. Marruecos, p. 95 ; Chabanaud, 1931, Bull. Mus. Hist 

 nat. Paris, (2) ii, p. 627 ; Chabanaud, 1931, Riviera Sci., Suppl. Mem. ii, p. 17 ; Chabanaud, 

 1931, Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., l\-i, p. 393 ; Chabanaud, 1933, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc, xxxv, 

 p. 6, pi. i, figs. 1-3, text-figs.' 



Eucitharus linguatula. Gill, 1889, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xi, (1888), p. 599 ; Cams, 1889-93, Prodr. 

 Faun. Medit., ii, p. 588 ; Buen, 19 19, Bol. Pesc. Madrid, iv, p. 302 ; Norman, 1930," Discovery " 

 Reports, ii, p. 359. 



SitzBer. Akad. 

 (1886), p. 253; 



-Eucitharus linguaiuta. B.M. (N.H.j 1930. 



Depth of body 2^ to 2i in the length, length of head 3 to 3J. Upper profile of 

 head distinctly concave. Snout a little longer than eye, diameter of which is 5 to 5f 

 in length of head ; upper eye a little in advance of lower, which is very close to edge 

 of head. Maxillary extending to below posterior edge of eye or not quite a.s far, 

 length about ^ that of head ; lower jaw 15 to if in head. Pramaxillarj' with an 

 outer series of rather strong teeth, inside which are one or two strong canines : maxil- 

 lary with a single series of smaller teeth ; mandibular^' teeth uniserial. somewhat 

 enlarged anteriorly ; two or three strong teeth on the vomer. 11 or 12 gill-rakers 

 on lower part of anterior arch. 35 to 39 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 64-72. Anal 



' This paper, which contains a number of valuable obser\'ations on the osteology, etc., of 

 Eucitharus, Arnoglossus, Bothus, and other Flatfishes, was unfortunately received too late for 

 inclusion in the present monograph. 



