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19. Solea ovata. 



? Solea ovata, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 279 (not Cant.). 

 D. 60. A. 44. L. lat. 120. 



The height of the hody is contained twice and a fifth. in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head four times. Eyes 

 very close together ; nasal opening on the blind side minute. Pectoral 

 of the coloured side longer than that of the blind, its length being 

 more than one-half of that of the head. OHve-brown, speckled with 

 black dots, the dots near the base of the dorsal and anal forming irre- 

 gular groups, alternating with round bluish spots, six along the base of 

 the dorsal, and four along the base of the anal ; one or two others of 

 these bluish spots on the middle of the body ; many dorsal and anal 

 rays blackish ; caudal with black spots. Pectoral with a round black 

 spot near its extremity and with a black streak along its lower margin. 



Chinese Seas. 



a. Fine specimen (35 lines long). Amoy. 



h-c, d-e. Adult and half-grown. China. Presented by Vice-Admiral 



Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 

 /. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



B. Pectorals rudimentary or absent. 



20. Solea trichodactylus. 



Pleuronectes, Artedi, Gen. p. 18. no. 7; Spec. p. 61. no. 6. 

 Pleuronectes trichodactylus, L. Syst. i. p. 455 ; JBl. Schn. p. 147. 

 Solea trichodactylus, Katip in'iViegin. Arch. 1858, p. 95. 



D. 53. A. 43. P. dextr. 4, sLa. 1. 



Pectorals minute, composed of very fine hair-like rays. Snout with- 

 out papillae or tentacles. Brownish, variegated with darker. {Art.) 

 Amboyna. — The typical specimens were 30 lines long. 



21. Solea reticulata. 

 Monochir reticulatus, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. 1861, p. 317. 

 D. 54. A. 41. P. dextr. 4, sin. 1. 



The left side of the head provided with fringes ; body with scat- 

 tered, short black filamentous appendages on the right side. The 

 height of the body is a little more than one-half of the total length 

 (with the caudal). Brown, reticulated with darker, and with eight 

 black vertical lines ; caudal yellowish, with some brown lines. (Poey.) 



Cuba. 



22. Solea gronovii. 



? Pleuronectes, Gronov. Mus. Ichth. i. \.. 25. no. 42, and Zoophyl, i. p. 73. 



no. 250. 

 ? Plem-onectes lineatus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 90. 



D. 62-67. A. 48. P. dextr. 3, sin. 1. L. lat. 80. 



Pectorals rudimentary (m both sides. The right ventral fin is 



