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13. PARALICHTHYS BRASILIENSIS. 
Hippoglossus brasiliensis Ranzani, Nov. Spec. Pisc., 10, tab. iii, 1840 (Brazil). 
Pseudorhombus brasiliensis Giinther, Fishes Centr. Amer, 473, 1869 (Brazil, Guatemala), 
Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, D’Orbigny Voy. 8. Amer. Mérid. Poiss., pt. 5, pl. 16, f. 
1, 1847. 
Rhombus aramaca Castelnau, Anim. nouy. ou rares, Poiss., 78, pl. 40, f. 3 (not of Cu- 
vier). 
Pseudorhombus vorax Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 429 (‘‘ South America”). 
Habitat.—South America, said to range northward to Guatemala. 
This species is known to us from numerous specimens from Rio Janeiro 
and from Maldonado, in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
The locality ““ Guatemala” given by Giinther seems to be somewhat 
doubtful, and the species may not occur in West Indian waters at all. 
14. PARALICHTHYS ADSPERSUS. 
? Hippoglossus kingi Jenyns, Voyage Beagle, Fishes, 1842, 128, pl. 26. (Valparaiso : 
from a drawing only.) 
Pseudorhombus adspersus Steindachner, Ichthyol. Notizen,v, 1867,9, Plate II. (Chinchas 
Islands. ) 
Paralichthys adspersus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S._Nat. Mus., 1882, p.370. (Capo 
San Lucas.) Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. Fish. Com., 1882, pp. 108 and 111. 
(Mazatlan, Panama.) Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 133. 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of tropical America. Cape San Lueas to Peru. 
Numerous specimens of this species were obtained by Professor Gil- 
bert at Mazatlan and Panama. As all these have been destroyed by 
fire, we have taken our description from Callao specimens in the Mu- 
seum of Comparative Zoology. The species is very close to P. brasili- 
ensis, differing chiefly in the smaller scales. This may prove identical 
with the remarkable H. kingi of Jenyns, in which case it must stand as 
Paralichthys kingi. 
15. PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS. 
(THE SUMMER FLOUNDER. ) 
Pleuronectes dentatus Linneus, Syst. Nat., 1, 458, 1766, and of numerous copyists. 
Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., p. 390, 1815 (New York). 
Platessa dentata Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., p. 143, 1839. 
Pseudorhombus dentatus Goode and Bean, Proc, U.S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 123. 
Paralichthys dentatus Goode, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 1884, 178. (Detailed account; 
includes P. lethostigma.) Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 134. 
Pleuronectes melanogaster Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. erate Ny YN; pies 1815. 
(Doubled example.) 
Platessa ocellaris DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 300, Pl. 47, fig. 152. . 
Pseudorhombus ocellaris Giinther, iv, 430, 1862 (copied). Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. 
U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 1878, 370 (Beaufort). 
Cheenopsetta ocellaris Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1864, 218. 
Paralichthys ocellaris Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 617 
(Charleston). 
Paralichthys ophryas Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish N. A., p. 822, 1882 (Charleston). 
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