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3. HIPPOGLOSSOIDES * 



HippoglosBoides, Gottsche in Wiegni. Arch. 1835, p, 168. 



Eyes on the right side ; mouth wide, the length of the maxillary- 

 being more than one-third of that of the head. Teeth small, 

 conical, in a single series ; no teeth on the palate. The dorsal fin 

 commenccf: above the eye ; dorsal and anal rays simple. Scales 

 small, or rather small, cUiated ; lateral line without anterior curva- 

 ture. 



Northern shores of the Atlantic. 



1. Hippoglossoides limandoides. 



The rough Dab or Sandsucker. 



Pleuronectes limandoides, Bl. Ausl. Fische, iii. p. 24. tab. 106 ; Bl 



ScJm. p. 146 ; Gm. L. i. p. 1232 ; Lacen. iv. p. 635 ; Faher, Ids, 18'28. 



p. 878. 

 Isskadda, Quensel in Vet. Akad. Hamll 1806, p. 222. 

 Pleuronectes linguatida, Mull. Prodr. p. 377. 

 Hippoglossoides limanda, Gottiche in Wiec/m. Arch. 1835, p. 168. 

 Pleuronectes limandanus, Parnell in Fdinb. Netv Philos. Jown. 1835 



p. 210. 

 Platessa limandoides, Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. p. 868. tab. 38, or Fish. 



Frith of Forth, p. 208. tab. 38 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 312, 



and 3rd edit. i. p. 625 ; Jen. Man. p. 459 ; Fries och Ekstr. Skand. 



Fisk. p. 117. pi. 27 ; Miss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 629. 



B. 8. D. 82-87. A. 64-65. L. lat.lOO. Ctec. pylor. 4. 

 Vert. 45. 



The dorsal commences behind the anterior margin of the eye. 

 Maxillary scaly. The height of the body is one-third of the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. The 

 greatest depth between the anal fin and the lateral line is less than 

 the length of the head. Scales on the cheek not much smaller than 

 those on the body ; interorbital ridge verj' narrow, scaly ; no spines 

 or tubercles along the lateral line or the base of the dorsal and anal 

 fins ; lateral line scarcely bent upwards above the pectoral. Snout 

 shorter than the orbit, the diameter of whicli is one-fourth of the 

 length of tne head. Lower jaw prominent ; the length of the max- 

 illary is two-fifths of that of the head. Teeth very small, conical, 

 pointed, the front teeth in the upper jaw and a pair in front of the 

 lower being the largest. Front margins of the eyes on the same level. 

 Each fin-ray is accompanied by a series of very smaU rough scales ; 

 the distance of the dorsal from the caudal is rather less than the 

 depth of the free portion of the tail ; the longest dorsal rays aie 



* 1. Pleuronectes platessoides, Fabr. Faun. Grcenl. p. 164, and Vidensk. SelsJc. 

 Nattcrv. och Mathem. Afhandl. i. p. 50. tab. 2. fig. 2. — Citharus plates- 

 soides, Reinh. Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv. och Mafh. Afhandl. vii. p. 130 ; 

 Gaim. Voy. Scand. et Lap. Poiss. pi. 21. — Greenland. Perhaps iden- 

 tical with H. limandoides. 



