224 FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



:■ Khombu!. camliJiisimus, Risso, i8io, journ. di- I'llysiqiie, xci, p. 347 ; Risso, iS^fi, H. N. Europe, 



lli.P- ^53- 

 Khombus tnancus, Risso, 1S26, H. X. luirc^pe. iii. p. 35 V 

 Hhombus i:i:sntri, Risso, 1826, lorn, ctt., p. ::54. 



I^hombus hfternphthalmus , Bennett. 1831, Proc. Coiuin. .Sci. Zool. Soc, (12), p. 147. 

 Khombus rhofnboides, Bonaparte, 1833, Icon. Faun. Hal., fasc. iv, (23), fig. ; Costa. 1S47, Faun. R. 



N'apoli, ii, fasr. 55-8, p. 19 ; Canestrini. 1862, Arrh. Zool. Anat. F'isiol. Genova, i, p. 24, pi. in, 



tig. 2. 

 Rhombus podas. Bonaparte, 1833, Icon. Faun. Ital.fasc. iv, (24), fig. ; Costa, 1847, I'aun. R. Napoli. 



11, fasc. 55-S, p. 22, pi. xliii ; Canestrini, 1S62. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (lenova, 1. p. 21, pi. li. 



fig- 3- 

 Kbcmbus madeunsis, Lowe, 1834, Proc. Zool. Sor., 1 (12), p. 143 ; Lowe. i83,S. Irans. Cambridge 



Phil. Soc, vi, p. 201, pi. vi. 

 Khiimhus scrratus, Valenciennes, 1843, in Webb and Herthelot, lies Canar., Iclith., p. 82, pi. xviii, 



fig. I. 

 Pdnria heckdii. Corro, 1S44, inKrohn, Giorn. (.abin. Messina. .Ann. iii. v (xxv). p. 21 \le'.lc Facncla. 



18S5]. 

 } ? Coccolus anm-ctt-ns, (Corco. 1844, torn, cit., p. 21) Bonaparte, 1S46, Cat. metod. Pesci Europ., 



P- 47- 

 liothus podas, Bonaparte. 1S46, torn, cit., p. 41 ; Stemdachner, 1S6S, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 



Ivii (I), p. 717 ; -Moreau, iS.Si, Hist. Nat. Poiss. France, iii, p. 346 ; Kyle, igi3. Rep. Danish 



Ocean. Exped. 1908-1010, ii, -A. I, p. 100, figs. ; Ehrenbaum, 1913, Fischcrbote, v, p. 362, figs. ; 



Buen, 1926, Cat. Ictiol. Medit. Espan. Marruecos, p. 96 ; Norman, 1930, " Discovery " Reports. 



ii, p. 362- 

 liolhus rhnmboidcs, Bonaparte, 1846, torn, cit., p. 49 ; Moreau, 1881, torn, cit., p. 344, fig. igo. 

 KI:ninhoidichthys podas, Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 432 ; Vinciguerra, 1883, Ann. Mus. Stor. 



nat. Genova, xviii, p. 570 ; Emery, 1885, Mitt. zool. Stat. Neapel, vi, p. 161 ; Carus, 1889-93. 



Prodr. Faun. Medit., u, p. 589 ; Vinciguerra, 1893, Atti Soc. ital. Milano. xxxiv, p. 32S ; Monod, 



1927, Faune Colon. Frant;., i, p. 721. 

 Khomhoidichthys mancus, Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 432 ; Emery, 1885, .Mitt. zool. Stat. 



Xeapel. vi, p. 161 ; Pellegrin, 1914, Ann. Inst, oceanogr. Paris, vi (4), p. 74 ; Chabanaud and 



Monod, 1927, Bull. Com. Etud. Hist. Sci. Afriq. Occ. Fr., {1926), p. 280. 

 Rhombus diaphanus, Richiardi, 1881, Zool. .\nz., iv, p. 502. 

 I'lalophrys podas, Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 265 ; CoUett, 1S91., 



Res. Camp. Sci. Monaco, x, p. 100 ; Pietschmann, 1906, Ann. naturh. Mus. Wien, xxi, p. 141 ; 



Chabanaud, 1930, Riviera Sci., Suppl. Mem., ii, p. 20 : Chabanaud, 1933, Mem. Soc. sci. nat. 



Maroc, xxxv, pp. 56, 104, figs. 

 Platophrys mancus, Lampe, 1914, Deutsche Siidpol. Exped., xv (Zool. vii), p. 247 ; Chabanaud, 



i.,3S. ' '" "' . P- 57- 

 [I'lcurotmtcs cu-.puialu'.. .Machado, Catal., p. 23 {teste Stemdachner).] 



Eggs, L.^Rv.t and Young. 

 Emery, 1SS3, Mitt. zool. Stat. Neapel, iv, p. 405, pi. xxviii, figs. 4-6 ; I-'age, 1910, Ann. Inst, 

 oceanogr. Paris, 1 (7), p. 34 ; Kyle, 1913, Rep. Danish Ocean. Exped. 1908-1910, li, A. i, p. 

 100, figs. i2-ifi ; Pietschmann, i'ii4. SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wicn, cxxui (i), p. 461, pi. vi, figs. 



Depth of body 15 (occasionally i9) to i| in the length, length of head 3 J to 4. 

 .■\nterior profile of head nearly vertical (:^) ; a slight notch above and in front of lower 

 eve (.J and 5). Diameter of eye 3^ to 4 in length of head ; interorbital width 15 to nearly 

 2 J times (mature 3) or 5 to a little more than once (mature and half-grown 5) diameter 

 of eye ; anterior edge of upper eye above hinder edge or posterior part (^J) or about 

 above middle (i) of lower.' .Male with a spine on the snout and one in front of lower 

 eve ; sometimes another in front of upper eye. Maxillary extending to below anterior 

 edge or anterior part of eye, length 3J to 35 in that of head. 7 to 9 short giU-rakers 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; 

 82—91 in lateral line Width of curve of lateral line 5 to 6 times in straight part. 

 Dorsal (85) 87-94. Anal (63) 65-73. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 or u rays, 



' Chabanaud (1933) has recently described an example with the eyes wide apart which proved 

 to be a female. He regards this as a case of sexual inversion. 



