406 PLEURONECTIDiE, 



behind the middle of the tin, rather longer than the pectoral and 

 nearly half as lonj? as the head ; ventral shorter than pectoral ; no 

 spine before the anal. Ileddish-hrown. 



From the British Channel along the shores of Northern Europe. 



a-e. Adult and young : skins. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Pamell's 



Collection. 

 /. Half-grown : skin. BrLxham. From Dr. Parnell's Collection, 

 r/. Adult : skin. London market. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection, 



2. Hippoglossoides dentatus. 



Pleuronectes dentata, Mitch, in Lit. Sf Phil. Trans. Neio York, i. p. 390 



(not L.). 

 Platessa dentata, Storer, Fish. 3fassach. p. 143, cop. by Dehmj, Neiv 



York Fauna, Fish. p. 298. 



D. 91. A. 70. 



The dorsal commences above the middle of the eye. The height 

 of the body is one-half of the total length (without caudal), the 

 length of the head one-fourth. The lateral line is scarcely bent 

 above the pectoral. Pectoral half as long as the head. Reddish- 

 brown. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



4. TEPHRITIS. 



Platessa, sp., Gray, Richards. 



Eyes on the left side. Mouth wide, the length of the maxillary 

 being more than one-third of that of the head. Each jaw with a 

 band of \-illiform teeth ; vomerine or palatine teeth none. The dorsal 

 fin commences above the eye ; all the dorsal and anal rays branched. 

 Scales rather small. Gill-membranes broadly united at the throat ; 

 gill-rakers short, broad, erenulated. Branchiostegals seven. 



Chinese Coas. 



1. Tephritis sinensis. 



Pleuronectes sinensis, Lacep. iv. pp. 595, 638. pi. 14. fig. 1 (very bad). 

 Platessa chinensis, Gray, Ind. Zool. pi. . fig- 1 ; Richards. Ichth.Chin. 



p. 277. 

 velafracta, Richards. I. c. p. 278. 



D. 46. A. 35. L. lat. 80. 

 The height of the body is nearly one-half of the total length (with- 

 out caudal), the length of the head two-sevenths. Scales ciliated ; 

 lateral line with a strong curve above the pectoral. Eyes very close 

 together, separated by a very narrow, naked; concave space. The 

 dorsal fin commences above the middle of the eye, and terminates at 

 a distance from the caudal which is one-half of the free portion of 

 the tail. Anterior dorsal rays widely set. Brownish, with scattered 



