SCOPHTHALMIN.?i 



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eye or not quite as far, length if to 2J in that of head : lower jaw a little projecting. 

 II to 13 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales very deciduous, 87 to 93 

 in lateral line. Dorsal 79-86. Anal 65-69. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 12 

 rays, length 1} to 2J in that of head. Caudal rounded or double-truncate. Vertebrae 

 10 + 29-32. Yellowish brown, without definite markings on head or body ; a pair 

 of large, rounded black spots on hinder parts of dorsal and anal fins. 



Fig. 210. — Lepidorkomb, 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Mediterranean ; Atlantic coasts of south-western Europe, in 

 deep water, northwards to about 52° N.i 

 Specimens Examined : 



OfiS.W. Ireland, isofms. 



(52° 20' N., 12= VV.) 

 Off Fastnet, Co. Cork, 180 fms. 

 Ofl C. St. Mary, 308 fms. 

 Nice. 

 Palermo. 



140 fms. 



Green. 



Brunner. 



Holt. 



Wolfenden. 



Bellotti. 



Doderlein. 



Doria. 



It is of interest to note that this species occurs in comparatively shallow water in 

 the Mediterranean, whereas, in the Atlantic it has always been recorded from deep or 

 moderately deep water. L. ivhiff-iagonis, on the other hand, occurs at all depths 

 from 2 or 3 down to about 300 fathoms, and Holt and Calderwood have pointed out 

 that the uniformly coloured individuals occur mostly in deep water, and those with 

 dark ring-like markings in shallower water. 



Genus 37. PHRYXORHOMBUS. 



Scophthalmus {non Rafinesque, 1810), Bonaparte, 1832, Icon. Faun. Ital., (4), p. 23 [under Rhombus 

 rhomboides] ; Bonaparte, 1846, Cat- metod. Pesci Europ., p. 49 ; Smitt, 1893, Scand. Fish., i, 

 p. 452 ; Kyle, 1913, Rep. Danish Ocean. Exped. 1908-1910, ii, .A.r, p. 15. 



Phrynorhombus, Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 414 {Rhombus unimaculatus, Risso]. 



Zeugopterus (part), Steenstrup, 1865, Overs. Dansk. V'id. Selsk., p. 112. 



* Some of Petersen's post-larval forms, ide 

 off the Hebrides. 



itified by him as L, boscii, were taken farther north, 



