38- 



KLATFISHKS (HETEROSOMATA) 



angular and less entirely approximated than in the preceding subspecies; posterior 

 edge of each pharyngeal with 3 or 4 rows of curved teeth overlapping each other. 

 Spinous tubercles very feebly developed, reduced to the rows at bases of dorsal and 

 anal fins, and occasionally one or two behind eyes or at commencement of lateral hne ; 

 blind side quite smooth ; no tubercles on rays of dorsal and anal fins. Dorsal 58-62. 

 Anal 41-43. Length of pectoral i| to twice in that of head. Caudal rounded; 

 caudal peduncle as deep as long, or a little deeper than long. Greyish or brownish ; 

 uniform or marbled with darker. 



Fig. 27}.— Plalichthys fl, 



B.M. (N.H.) 42.6.7.3. 



p., lower pharyngeals. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.) 

 Distribution. — Adriatic. 

 Specimens Examined : 



4 (175-235 mm.). T 



1 (195 mm.). Holotype. D 



2 (135, 202 mm.). Paratypes. 



Reg. No. 42.6.7.3. 



V inciguerra. 

 Meckel. 

 Milan Mus. 



Ninni (1905, Atti Soc. Ital. sc. nat, Milano, xliv, p. 193 ; 1932, Bull. Soc. zool. 

 Fr., Ivii, p, 76, fig.) describes ambicolorate individuals of this subspecies. 



ic. PLATICHTHYS FLESUS LUSCUS (Pallas). 



. P- 427; 

 Cat. Fish. 



Pieuronccici luscus, Pallas, 1814, Zoographi; 



St. Petersburg, lii, p. 347 ; Glinther, if 

 Plalessa glabra, Rathke, 1837, lorn, cit., p. 352. 

 Platessa luscus, Nordmann, 1840, in Demiclov, Voy. Ru 



1859, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, xxxii {2), p. 439 

 Platessa flesus var. marmorata, Nordmann, i84ti, torn. cxt. 

 Pleuronecies jiesus, Antlpa, 1909, Publ. Fond. Adaraach 



fig. 30. 

 PleuTOnectes fiesus luscus. Berg, 1898, Dnevnik Sect. Zool. Si 



Berg, 1916, Poiss. eaux douces Russ., p. 469, fig. 353 



Ocean., (ii). No. 58, p. 3, fig. 1. 



Principal characters those of the species. Depth of body i,",; to 2 J in the length. 

 Prominence on postocular ridge above operculum rather compressed. 7 or 8 gill- 

 rakers on lower part of anterior arch ; lower pharyngeals similar to those of P. flesus 

 fiesus. Spinous tubercles moderately or feebly developed, sometimes reduced to rows 



