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and the blind side wholly smooth, which is said not to be the case in var. 
meoticus. Rhombus rhombitis is much the same, but sparsely covered 
with conoid warts. ; 
We find also references to Rhombus hybridus Malm (Goteborg, Mus. 
Arsskr., iii, 1881, 24). We bmve not seen the original description. 
29. PLEURONECTES RHOMBUS. 
(THE BRILL.) 
Rhombus levis Rondelet, De Piscibus, and of many early non-binomial writers. 
Pleuronectes rhombus Linnzus, Systema Nature, ed. x, 271, 1758 (after Artedi), and of 
early writers generally. 
Scophthalmus rhombus Rafinesque, Indice di Ittiologia Siciliana, 1810, 53. 
Psetta rhombus Bonaparte, Pesc. Europ., 49. 
Pleuronectes cristatus Lichtenstein, in Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 153 (Eu- 
ropean Ocean). 
Bothus rumolo Ratinesque, Caratteri di Alcuni Nuovi Generi, &c., 1810, 23 (Sicily). 
Rhombus vulgaris Cuvier, Regne Animal, 1517 (and of various authors). 
Pleuronectes lioderma Nardo, Ichth. Adriat. No. 132 (Venice). 
chombus barbatus Risso, Eur. Merid., iii, 251, 1826 (Nice). 
Rhombus levis Gottsche, Wiegm. Archiv, 1835,175. Giinther, iv, 410, 1862. Stein- 
dachner, Ichthyol. Berichte, vi, 1868, 48 (Bilbao, Corunna, Vigo, Lisbon, Ca- 
diz, Malaga). Day, Fishes Great Britain, ii, 14, pl. xevii, and of most recent 
authors. . 
Pleuronectes passer Gronow, Syst.ed. Gray, 1854, 90. 
Rhombus linneit Malm, Bohusléins Fauna, 513 (Sweden). 
Habitat.— All coasts of Europe, except the very extreme north. 
The brill is a common food-fish of Europe, especially southwards. It 
is less esteemed than the turbot and reaches a very mnch smaller size. 
It rarely exceeds 8 or 10 pounds in weight. 
30. PLEURONECTES MACULATUS. 
(THE WINDOW-PANE, ) 
Pleuronectes maculatus Mitchill, Rept. in Part. Fish. N. Y., 1814, 9 (New York). De 
Kay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 301, tab. 47, fig. 151, 1842. Storer, Syn. 
Fish. N. A., 1846, p. 479. Storer, Hist. Fish. Nat. Mass., 1867, 204 (Prov- 
incetown, Holmes’ Hole). 
Lophopsetta maculata Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1862, 216, and 1864, p. 220. 
Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1878, p. 371 (Beaufort). 
Bothus maculatus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1882, p. 815. 
Pleuronectes aquosus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1, 389, pl. 2, fig. 3, 1815 (New 
York). 
Rhombus aquosus Cuvier, Régne Animal. Giinther, Cat. Fish., iv, 411, 1862 (New 
York). 
Habitat.—Atlantic coast of United States, from Cape Cod to South 
Carolina. 
This small flounder much resembles the European Brill, but is smaller, 
thinner, and more translucent in body. Its weight rarely exceeds a 
pound or two, and its value as a food-fish is but slight; nevertheless, it 
is a near ally of the European Turbot, and in its technical character it 
very closely agrees with the latter species. 
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