PLEURONECTIN.E 



Eggs, Larv* and Younc 



379 



''"'"Rov1;fEd?nb ' xx'x'i.ulr'- "'""V "'.; "' '^'' P' ■'■ ^^^- ^'^ ^ Cunningham. .888, Trans. 



Ki^n^.a9^i-^-e-nJ;..S:ZfH:.o^,^;«^.^;^-^--- 

 pl.vi, fig. I,; Mcintosh and Masterman, 1897, Brit Mar Food-fish n ,s„ fi,ii^ u ' 



and Apstem, ,897, W.ss. Meeresun.ersuch. AM 'Kiel, n^.^ (.) PP j.^^ 7i ot^t 'f^.^TT 

 Kyle, .S98. Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, xvi, (,897) pp^le 2I! o\ i t ,1^ »'^l i, 

 Ehrenbaum, ,900 W,ss. Meeresuntersuch., Abt. Helg'o'anl 'n P.!'„f p'',''7 p] 'i "fi"f ! T 

 Ehrenbaum and Strodtmann, .904, W.ss. Meeresunfersuch , Abt. Helgoland vp' vi n So ' 

 V 111 ITlI^°'^ ;" '^"°'i',^°d Apstem, Nord.sches Plankton, I. EferLarvF/s'ch' 

 p. .61 fig. 69'; Petersen, 1906, Medd. Komm. Havundersog. KJBb., Ser Fisk ii7i)\l' 

 Pl. .. figs. 14-.9; Schnakenbeck. t9=9, in Jonbm, Fann. Ichth. .Atlait Nord iii, figs! ^' '' 



Principal characters those of the species. Depth of body it to 2i in the length 

 Prominence on postocular ndge above operculum usually pear-shaptd or rounded' 

 w^dtHr^''^. " *° M (°'^'=^^'°"='»y 8) gill-rakers on lower part oTanterior ^rch 

 he til Pha,0'ngeaIs 2i to 2 J in length, their inner edges entirely approximated 



the tee h arranged in several rows, tho.se of the inner row larger than thrremTmder 

 Ihttle forL'^rd "0°' edge small, close set, obtusely pointed,'cylindrical and curved 

 a httle forward occasionally 2 or 3 rows of such teeth overlapping each other alon^ 

 posterior edge of each pharyngeal. Spinous tubercles variously developed near^v 

 a onTth"""""' -Commencement of lateral Une. and developed^o a Sng extent 

 along the region of the anterior half or even the greater part of the laterallne some 

 ^mes the remainder of the body as well as the head largely without tuberdes 

 line'^rhH' ^°'"<^*'";'<=^. tubercles are strongly developed on head, region of late a 



he'.'reateToart'of'th' Th* ",l ''f''' '""''"' P^'^""^'^' ^"^ '"^^'^-" extend ov^l 

 vann,!.K H P 1 i ■! J"^^ (trachurus) ; blind side naked, or with bony tubercles 



atera^tie noTh' ^^^ -* bases of dorsal and anal fins and along anterior part of 

 Anall6 ,6' T ^"\"^Y °" ^"^er side of rays of dorsal and anal fini Dorsal 52-67 

 truncate 'caodlfni'l T' * K ^' ■ Ho 2 1 in that of head. Caudal a Uttle round;d «; 

 hT i'.., i^ peduncle about as deep as long or rather longer than deep ■ some 



d^app:ari„'sp1ri?"bhnT h"^' ''^^'' ^°""!*""<^^ "'"'^ orange%pots. wMc'h'usu^ly 

 J .l^K ^ \ ■ '"'^ ''"^'' sometimes with a few brown spots or irre^ulariv stained 



o^rs'^otrd-s^tinctverl.raf bars' '"' °^"" ^"^'^ ^ ^^^ °^ '"^ ■"^-"- ^^^ 

 Type.— Not traced. 



MecS::r^:ran.°"~^°"*^ °' ^"^°P^' ^^"^ ^'^^ ^^"^'^^ Sea to the western 

 Specimens Examined : 



1 {270 mm.). 



■ (145 ,, ). 



3 (150-295 mm.). 



I (262 mm.). 



I (240 „ ). 



5 (230-370 mm.). 



3 (345-400 ,, ). 



1 (245 mm.). 



2 (143, 165 mm.). 

 2 (295, 380 ,, ). 

 2 (225,420 „ ). 

 5 (195-360 „ ). 



Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea. 



R. Dvjna at Archangel. 



Nr. Kola, Murman Coast. 



Kola Bay, 



Lapponia. 



Herdla Isd., nr. Bergen. 



N.E. Cattegat at Kobbergrund. 



S.VV. Cattegat at Grenaa. 



Bohuslan. 



Baltic. 



Ringkabing Fiord. 



St. Andrew's Bay. 



Berg. 



Popov. 



Berg. 



Popov. 

 Bergen Mus. 

 Johansen. 



Malm. 



Mar. Biol. Assoc. 



Johansen. 



Fish. Board Scotland. 



' Consult for full list of references. 



' Of very doubtful occurrence in Iceland. 



