23. soLEA. 477 



31. Solea brownii, 



Pleui'onectes, Brotmi, Jamaica, p. 445. no. 1. 



Passer, Hay, Syn. p. 157. no. 1 ; Sloane, Jam. ii. p. 277. tab. 246. fig. 2 



(bad) ; Klein, Pise. Miss. iv. p. 34. no. 7. 

 Rhombotides, sp., Klein, Pise. Miss. v. p. 92. no. 15. 



D. 54. A. 42. L. lat. 85. 



Pectorals none. The right ventral is composed of three rays, which 

 are continuous with the anal. Scales on the nape four or five times 

 as large as those on the body ; those on the chin half as large as those 

 on the neck. The left side of the neck covered with very large scales, 

 the left side of the snout with a few broad short fringes ; the left 

 nostril surrounded by some fringes ; no prominent barbels on the 

 upper jaw ; the right lower lip fringed. The height of the body is 

 contained once and two-thirds in the total length (Tvithout caudal), 

 the length of the head thrice and a half. The width of the inter- 

 orbital space equals the diameter of the eye ; the upper eye is slightly 

 in advance of the lower. Caudal rounded, its length being contained 

 four times and a fourth in the total. Brownish, with about eight 

 black vertical lines and with scattered roundish brown spots. The 

 membrane between nearly every second pair of rays of the vertical 

 fins is brown. The blind side is immaculate whitish. 



Atlantic coasts of the Southern States of North America. 



a. Sixty-three lines long. New Orleans. From M.SaUe's Collection. 



b. Half-grown. Texas. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



32. Solea guttulata. 



Aseraggodes guttulatus, Kaup in Wicgm. Arch, 1868, pf 103. 

 D. 64. A. 42. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length*, the length 

 of the head one-fifth. Eyes close together. About forty-eight scales 

 in a transverse series. Grev, with darker spots and streaks. {Kaup.) 



Hah. ? 



33. Solea fi.mbriata. 



D. 46. A. 33. L. lat. ca 70. 



Pectorals none. The right ventral is composed of five rays, which 

 are continuous with the anal. Scales on the nape four times, those 

 on the chin twice as large as those on the body. Upper part of the 

 snout slightly bent downwards over the mandible, and forming a 

 short hook ; the right lower lip is broadly fringed, each fringe being 

 serrated ; the nostril is in a short, wide, fringed tube. No tentacles 

 on the left side of the head. The height of the body is two-thirds 

 of the total length (without caudal), the length of the head nearly 

 one-third. The width of the interorbital space equals the diameter 

 of the circular small orbit ; the upper eye is slightly in advance of 

 the lower. The longest dorsal rays are two- thirds of the length of 



* Hr. Kaup says that his genus Aseraggodes comprises rather oblong species ; 

 but the present species is one of those which evidently has the body much elevated. 



