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Rhombus megastoma, Yarrell, 1836, Brit. Fish., ed. i, ii, p. 251, fig. ; 1841, ed. 2, ii, p. 342, fig. ; 



Nilsson, 1855, Skand. Faun., ed. 2, Fiskar, p. 641 ; Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 411 ; 



.Malm, 1877, Goteborgs. Bohus. Fauna, p. 516 ; Giinther, 1888, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb., xv, 



p. 217; Holt and Calderwood, 1895, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc, (ii) v, p. 481 ; Ninni, 1930. 



in Faun. Flore .Medit., x, fig. 

 Zeugoptcrus megastoma, Yarrell, 1859, Brit. Fish., ed. 3, i, p. 654, fig. ; CoUett, 1875, Vid.-Selsk. 



Forh., (1874), Till., p. 138; CoUett, 1880, Vid.-Selsk. Forh., (1879), p. 76; Lilljeborg, 1891, 



Sverig. Norg. Fiskar, ii, p. 341 ; Danois, 1913, Ann. Inst, oceanogr. Paris, v (5), p. 96, 



fig. 165 ; Saeraundsson, 1927, Rit. Visind. Island, ii, p. 35. 

 Zcugopterus ? velivolans, (Richardson) Yarrell, 1859, Brit. Fish., ed. 3, i, p. 656a, fig. 

 Arnoglossus megastoma, Day, 1880-4, Fish. Britain, ii, p. 21, pi. xcviii. 

 Lepidorhombus megastoma, Collett, 1884, Nyt. Mag. Naturv. Christiania, xxix, p. 100 ; Goode and 



Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 439 ; Collett, 1896, Res. Camp. Sci. Monaco, x, p. 93 ; Kyle, 



1913, Rep. Danish Ocean. Exped. 1908-1910, ii, A.i, pp. 15, etc. 

 Lepidorhombus whiff-iagoms, Jordan and Goss, 1S89, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 252; 



Collett, 1903, Vid.-Selsk. Forh., (1902), p. 89 ; Xordg:lrd, 1929, Forh. Norske Vid. Selsk. 



Trondhjem, i (8), p. 24 ; Chabanaud, 1931, Riviera Sci., Suppl. Mem. ii, p. 22. 

 Lepidorhombus whiff, Smitt, 1893, Scand. Fish., i, p. 448, fig. 115; Schnakenbeck, 1925, Tier. 



Nord Ostsee, L. ii, xii (i), p. 9, figs. 9, 10 : Buen, 1926, Cat. Ictiol. Medit. Espan. Marruecos, 



p. 98 : Schnakenbeck, 1930, in Joubin, Faun. Ichth. Atlant. Xord, iv, fig. 

 Lepidorhombus megastoma borealis, Kyle, 1913, Rep. Danish Ocean. Exped. 1908-1910, ii, A.i, p. 13. 



Eggs, Larv.c and Yol-ng. 

 Mcintosh, 1892, Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, x (3), p. 292, pi. xvi, figs, l-lo ; Cunningham, 1896, 

 N. H. Market. .Mar. Fish., p. 271, fig. 127 ; Mcintosh and Masterman, 1897, Brit. Mar. Food- 

 fish., p. 352, figs. ; Petersen, 1905, Rep. Danish Biol. Stat., xii, (1902-3), p. 28, pi. i, figs. 9, 10 ; 

 Ehrenbaum, 1905, in Brandt and Apstein, Nordisches Plankton, I. Eier Larv, Fisch. (i), p. 202, 

 fig. 79 : Petersen, 1906, Medd. Komm. Havunders0g. KJ0b., Ser. Fisk., ii (i), p. 8 ; Petersen, 

 1909, Medd. Komm. HavundersBg. K}0b., Ser. Fisk., iii (i), p. i, pi. i, figs. 7-12. 



Fig. 209. — Lepidorhombus U'hiff-iagonis. B.M. (N.H.) 1931 .4 . 12 . 1. X J. 



Depth of body 2j to 3 in the length, length of head 3J to 3|. Snout (in adults) 

 longer than eye, diameter of which is 3f (young) to 5J in length of head ; lower eye 

 generally in advance of upper, which is close to edge of head. Maxillarj' extending 

 about to below middle of eye or not quite as far, length 2 J to 2J in that of head ; lower 

 jaw usually strongly projecting. 12 to 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Scales moderately deciduous, 95 to log in lateral line. Dorsal 85-94. Anal 64-74. 

 Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 12 rays, length i| to 2 J in that of head. Caudal 

 rounded or double-truncate. Vertebrae 9-10 + 31-32. Yellowish or greyish brown, 

 uniform or with some rather obscure darker spots and rings ; median fins with some 

 indefinite darker spots. 



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