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Hippoglossus intermedius Ranzani, Novis Speciebus Piscium Dissertatio Secundo, 1840, 
14, pl. 4. (Brazil.) 
Hemirhombus patulus Bean MSS, Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1882, 
p. 304. (Pensacola.) Goode and Bean, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 414. 
(Pensacola.) Bean, Cat. Col. Fish U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1883, p. 45. (Pensa- 
cola. ) 
Citharichthys petulus Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., p. 964, 1882, addenda. 
Jordan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1884, p. 38. (Pensacola.) 
Hubitat.—West Indian fauna. Charleston to Rio Janeiro. 
Of the species found in the deep waters about Pensacola and ealled 
by Dr. Bean Hemirhombus petulus wehavenumerous specimens. Lately 
we have received from Mr. Charles C. Leslie, of Charleston, a specimen 
which shows its presence also in Carolina waters. It has not yet been 
recorded from Cuba, but in the Museum of Comparative Zoology is a 
specimen (26104) taken by Mr. Samuel Garman at Kingston, Saint Vin- 
cent. But its range extends much farther to the southward, for among 
the collections made by Professor Agassiz at Rio Janeiro there are many 
specimens (11375, 4666), the largest about a foot long. These seem to 
be completely identical with Florida examples, differing only in having 
the blind side pale, it being usually partly blackish in northern examples. 
These Brazilian specimens agree very closely with the figure of 
Rhombus soleeformis, except that Agassiz has represented that species 
as having a dusky blotch at the shoulder. No such marking is appar- 
ent in any of our specimens. The coloration and the breadth of the in- 
terorbital both render it unlikely that Agassiz’s solewformis could have 
been micrurum. 
The Aramaca of Maregrave, which is the sole basis of Pleuronectes 
papillosus, Pleuronectes macrolepidotus, and Rhombus ar amaca, cannot 
well be any known species other than the present one. 
According to Marcgrave’s rude figure and his description, this species 
has the form of a sole, the eyes wide apart, the left pectoral produced, 
the mouth very large, the body oblong, and the coloration stone-like 
(sand-color) on the left side and white on the eyed side. Mierwrum is 
not colored in that way, and its eyes are not noticeably far apart. 
We therefore adopt for this species the oldest name of Syactum 
papillosum. : 
The species is common in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and 
reaches a length of more than a foot. 
47. SYACIUM MICRURUM. 
Syacium micrurum Ranzani, Noy. Spec. Pisce. Diss. Sec., 1840, 20, pl. 5. ( Brazil.) 
Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, Memorias, ii, 314, 1860. (Cuba.) 
Hemirhombus ocellatus Poey, Synopsis, 407, 1868. Poey, Enumeratio, 138, 1875. 
Citharichthys ocellatus Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 964, 1882. (Key West.) 
Jordan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1884, 143. (Key West.) 
‘Hemirhombus aramaca Giinther, iv, 42, 1862. (Cuba; Jamaica.) (Not Rhombus ara- 
maca Cuvier.) mul 
Citharichthys wthalion Jordan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1886, 52. (Havana. ) 
Hemirhombus ethalion Jordan, Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 602. 
