16. KHOMBOIDICHXHYS. 431 



together, the upper being scarcely in advance of the lower. Lateral 

 line with a strong curve anteriorly ; scales ciliated. The pectoral is 

 a little shorter than the head. Olive, with brownish and pearl- 

 coloured spots. (Bleeh.) 

 Nagasaki, 



Described from a single specimen 64mm. long. 



15. PARALICHTHYS. 



Paralichthys, Girard in U. S. Pact/. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 146. 



Mouth large ; slender and conical teeth on both sides of the jaws. 

 The dorsal fin commences on the snout ; dorsal and anal rays simple. 

 Scales small, ciliated ; lateral line with a curve anteriorly. Eyes on 

 the right side. 



California. 



1. Paralichthys maculosus. 



Pleuronectes maculosus, Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, 



p. 156. 

 Paralichthys maculosus, Girard in U. S. Pad/. R. R. Exped, Fishes, 



p. 147. 



D. 68. A. 52. 



Body elongate, subeUiptical ; the length of the head is contained four 

 times and one-third in the total (with the caudal). The lower jaw 

 is the longer ; the maxillary extends behind the orbit. The ventral 

 fin is small and reaches to the third anal ray. Eeddish-brown, scat- 

 tered all over with numerous spots of a darker hue. (^Girard.) 



San Diego. 



16. RHOMBOIDICHTHYS*. 



Rhombus, Auct. 



Rhomboidichthys, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. Manad. 8f Ma- 



kass. p. 67. 

 Platophrys, Bleek, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sc, Amsterd. 1862, xiii. Pleu- 



roti. p. 5. 



Mouth of moderate width, or small, the length of the maxillary 

 being one-third, or less than one-third, of that of the head. Teeth 

 minute, of equal siae, in a single or double series ; vomerine f and 

 palatine teeth none. Eyes separated by a concave more or less broad 

 space. The dorsal commences on the snout ; dorsal and anal rays 

 simple. Scales cUiated ; lateral line with a strong curve anteriorly. 

 Eyes on the left side. 



Seas between the tropics ; Mediterranean ; Sea of Japan. 



a. Scales very small : Rhomboidichthys, m,, -p. 4S2, 

 /3. Scales of moderate size(L.lat.40)and deciduous: Platophrys,'p,4S7 . 

 y. Scales of moderate size (L. lat. 52) and not deciduous : Engypro- 

 sopon, p. 438. 



* ? 1. Pleuronectes maculiferus, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. 1861, p. 316. — Cuba, 

 t See R. marchionea^rum, p. 435. 



