SCOFHTHALMIN,*: 



265 



of head. 10 to 12 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Head and body without 

 distinct scales, but with scattered bony tubercles, typically present only on ocular 

 side or very much more feeble on blind side, always smaller than eye.^ Dorsal 57- 

 71 ; highest rays 4J to nearly 5 in depth of body and 2^ to 2f in length of head. Anal 

 43-52. Rays of dorsal and anal without .scales. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 

 12 rays, length 2\ to 2f in that of head. First ray of right pelvic opposite second of 

 left. Caudal rounded. Vertebrae 12 + 18-19. Coloration very variable ; generally 

 greyish or sandy brown, with darker spots and blotches ; fins spotted and mottled 

 with brown. 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Coasts of Europe, from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean ; 

 Iceland. 



Specimens Examined : 



Also 2 skins (5 and 9 inches) from Linnaeus's collection (Einnaean Society of 

 London). 



I (410 

 I (500 

 I (320 

 I (150 



). Ambicolorate. 



). Partial ambicolorate. 



London Market. 



British coast. 



Gow. 

 Howlett. 

 Fishmongers' Co. 

 Day. 



^ As Smitt (1893) has pointed out, there are shallow, and, in most cases, definitely bounded 

 scale-sacs (follicles) in the skin between the tubercles, but these never contain true scale-like 

 structures. 



* It seems possible that the Turbot of the Baltic area may prove to represent a distinct race, as 

 does the Plaice, but further material is required in order to decide this point. 



' The following papers describe abnormalities of the Turbot : Mcintosh, 1875, ' Mar. Invertebr. 

 Fish. St. Andrews ', p. 179, pi. vi, figs. 5, 6 ; Ewart, 1884, ' Rep. Fish. Board Scotland ', ii (F. 7), 

 p. 80, pi. xiii ; BatesoQ, 1894, ' Mater. Study Variation *, p. 470 ; Cunningham and McMunn, 1894, 

 ' Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc.', B. 184, p. 803 ; Sacchi, 1898, ' Boll. Mus. zool. anat. comp. Genova ', 



