410 PLEUROmECTID^. 



3. Ehombus laevis. 

 TheBriU. 

 Rhombus laevis, Rondel, xi, c. 3. p. 312 ; Gesner, Aquat. iv. p, 663 ; 



AMrov. ii, c. 48. p. 249; Schonev. p. 60; Jonston, i. c. 3. art, 2. punct. 2. 



p. 66. tab. 22. fig. 13 ; Will. p. 96 ; Ray, p. 32. 



alter gaUicus, Bellon. De Aquat. p. 14l. 



Isevis verus, Aldrov. ii. c. 48. p. 250. 



non aculeatus, Will. p. 95 ; Ray, p. 31. 



Pleuronectes, sp., AHedi, Synon. p. 31. no. 5, and Genera, p. 18. no. 8. 



Pleuronectes laevis, Z. Westg. Res. p. 178. 



rhombus, L. Syst. i. p. 458 ; Briinn. Ichth. Muss. p. 35 ; Bl. Fische 



Deutschl. ii. p. 36. ta£ 43; Bl. Schn. p. 152; Lacep. iv. p. 649; 



Dotiov. Brit. Fish. iv. pi. 95; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 315; Turton, 



Brit. Faun. p. 97; Flem. Brit. An. p. 190 ; Jen. Man. p. 462. 

 Rhombus, no. 3, Klein, Pise. Miss. iv. p. 35. 

 Pearl, Pmn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 208, and ed. 1812, iii. p. 321. pi. 50. 

 Barbue, Duham. Peches, iii. sect. 9. cap. 1. p. 262. pi. 4. 

 Pleuronectes cristatus, Licht. in Bl. Schn. p. 153. 

 Rhombus vulgaris, Cuv. Regne Anitn. ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. 



p. 331, and -Srd edit. i. p. 641 ; Parn. Wern. 3Iem. vii. p. 375, or Fish. 



Frith of Forth, p. 215 ; Costa, Faun. Nap. ii. p. 10. tav. 42. 

 Pleuronectes lioderma, Nardo, Ichth. Adr. no. 132. 

 Rhombus barbatus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 251. 

 Isevis, Gottsche in Wiegm. Arch. 1835, p. 175; Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



Pesc. ; Niks. Ska7id. Faun. Fisk. p. 638 ; Canestr. Arch. Zool. i. p. 27. 



tav. 2. fig. 4. 

 Pleuronectes passer, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 90. 



B. 7. D. 72-83. A. 53-61. Vert. 12/24. 



The height of the body is contained once and five-sixths in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head three times. 

 Scales very small, but distinct, covering the entire head, except the 

 snout ; interorbital space flat, its width being equal to the horizontal 

 diameter of the eye, which is about one-eighth of the length of the 

 head. Each fin-ray is accompanied by a series of minute scales. 

 Lateral line with a subsemicircular curve above the pectoral. Lower 

 jaw prominent ; the length of the maxillary is two-fifths of that of the 

 head. The lower eye is somewhat in advance of the 'uppBr. The 

 dorsal fin terminates close by the root of the caudal ; its anterior rays 

 terminate in broad fringes, and its longest rays are behind the mid<Ue 

 of the fin, somewhat longer than the pectoral, and two-fifths of the 

 length of the head. No spine before the anal. Gill-rakers rather 

 closely set, lanceolate, and not quite as long as the eye. Greyish- 

 brown, with reddish-brown spots on body and fins. 



Coasts of Europe. 



a. Very fine specimen. Lisbon. Pi'esented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 h. Fine specimen. Dalmatia. 



c. Adult : stuffed. France. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



d. Fine speciman. Brighton. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 

 e-h. Young. Brighton. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



i-Tc. Adult and half-grown : skins. Plymouth. From Mr. Yarrell's 

 Collection. 



