14, i'«EUDOKnoMjju8. 425 



h. Adult : stuflfod. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. — Type 

 of Platessa russeUU. 



c. Young. (Jliinu. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Adult : skin. China. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



e. Adult. Romeo. 



f. Half-grown. Coram. From the Collection of Madame Ida Pfciffer. 

 </, fi. Fine specimens, llongal. Pnvsentod by (}. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 i-k. Half- grown: stuffed. East Indies. 



l-m. Half-grown and young : skins. Pinang. From J)r. Cantor's 



Collection. 

 n. Half-grown. East Indian Archipelago. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's 



Collection. 

 0. Adidt: sldn. Port Essington. 

 p. Half-grown : stuffed. 

 q-1'. Young. 



2. Pseudorhombus dentatus. 



I'louronoctoa dentatus, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 458; JU. Schn. p. 1/50. 

 ? Plat(issa orbignyana, Valmc. in If Orhi(jny, Voy. A nifr. MhUl, Poiss. 

 pi. IG. fig. 1 ; Jenyna, Zool. lieatjle, Pish. p. 137. 



T). 8()-H5. A. 04-()9. L. lat. 105. 



The dorsal commences in fnmt of the eye. The height of tlu^ body 

 is contained twice and throc-fourlbs in th(! total hiiigtli (without 

 caudal), the huiglh of the head four times or four tinu^s and a half. 

 The grtiatest (U;pth betwi^en the latc^ral line and the anal lin is less 

 than the h^igtb of the head. Scales minutely ciliated, those on the 

 head sin.illcr than tiiose on the body ; interorbital space flattish, scaly, 

 its width being (upial to, or rather less than, the V(>rtical diameter of 

 the <)rbit; no spiiu^s or tubercles ahmg the lateral line or the base of 

 the fins. Lat(>ral line with a strong curve above the jxu'toriil, the 

 d<'i)th of the curve Ix^iug one-third of its width, Snout h)nger thnn 

 the orbit, the diameter of which is one-sixth or one-seventh of the 

 hMigth of th(5 head. Lower jaw ])rouiinent ; the length of the max- 

 illary is contained twice and a third in the U^ngth of the head. Tcuith 

 conical, pointed : ui)i)er jaw with ei"ght strong ones on its ant(^rior 

 half, and with a seri(!s of small ones on its poHterior ; the lower with 

 seviiii or ten strong, widely-set Uu^ih on each si(l(!. The lower <^ye 

 is slightly in advance of tlu; ui)per. Kach fin-ray is a(!(;()Tn])a,nie(l by 

 a scnes of snuul smooth s(;ales ; the dist'ince between dorsal and 

 caudal is one-half of the depth of tlu; frec^ ])or(i«m of the tail ; the 

 longest dorsal rays are Ix^hind the middle of the fin, their length 

 Iteing om;-third or two-fifths of that of the head, uiul (Mpial to that 

 of tho pectoral. No spine before the anal. Uniform brown. 

 Atlantic coasts of America. 



a. TVenty-six inchc's long : stuffi^d. From tlui Colhicfion of the 

 Zoological Society. — Pr()bal)ly broiight by (!apt. King from Port 

 Famine. 



The typical sj)ecimen, received by Liniueus IVoni Dr. (jiarden, and 

 named by himself/'/, dentatus, is still in the ])ossession of the Lianeun 



