[87] FLOUNDERS AND SOLES. oll 
in width and in number; vertical fins with the membrane 
of every second or third pair of rays blackish, besides dark 
cloudings at base of fin ; caudal with numerous longitud- 
inally oblong spots; blind side often with rount, dark 
spots, especially in northern specimens, usually immacu- 
late in southern ones Sain browni). Lat.1. 66 to 75; ver- 
tebree 8 + 20 = 28-. oie Side ce DE ASCLA TUS SANG. 
kkk. Dorsal rays 59 or 60; une rays ee to ie 
1. [Snout and chin ickont evident fringe or barbel; right lower 
lip fringed; head 4 in length; depth 12; D. 59, A. 45; 
scales 63 to 65 ; color brown; about 12 dark cross-bands on 
head and body; between these faint, paler cross-bands, 
which form spots on dorsal and anal; caudal similarly 
spotted, the spots forming obscure cross-bands. (Stein- 
PACUNE) ese oe aaah fais Saye lslaoets ah aatelnere PANAMENSIS, 117. 
UW. Snout with a fringe-like barbel near its tip, as long as eye; a 
shorter one on the chin; eyed side with some patches of 
black hairs; scales of blind side of head scarcely enlarged or 
fringed ; scales small, not very rough ; head 3} in length; 
depth 14. D.60, A. 41; scales 80; color pale, the eyed side 
with small scattered black points and blotches of varying 
size ; a few narrow obscure dark cross-streaks; blind side 
TTT AC UL AGO oats Bes akg cle ob hota iene erent are JENYNSI, 118. 
105. ACHIRUS ACHIRUS. 
Pleuronectes oculis dextris, corpore glabro, pinnis pectoralibus nullis Gronow, Museum, i, 
No. 42. (Surinam.) 
Pleuronectes achirus Linneus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 1758, 268 (based orn Gronow). 
Solea gronovii Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 472 (Surinam). 
Achirus gronovii Jordan, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 602. (Name only.) 
Habitat.—Coasts of Guiana. 
We know this species only from Dr. Giinther’s description. We place 
Achirus gronovii in the synonymy of the Linnean species Pleuronectes 
achirus. Pleuronectes achirus is based on a description by Gronow of 
some Achirus from Surinam. Gronow’s fish agrees with the present spe- 
cies in having 60 dorsal rays and 48 anal rays, in being brown, with trans- 
verse black bands, with dark spots on the fins, as well as in coming from 
Surinam. But Gronow explicitly denies the presence of pectorals, and 
the present species has rudimentary pectoral fins on both sides. Proba- 
bly these were overlooked by Gronow, and as no other species found in 
the same region has so large a number of rays, we feel justified in the 
use of the name Achirus achirus for this species. 
106. ACHIRUS INSCRIPTUS. 
Achirus inscriptus Gosse, Nat. Sojourn Jamaica, 52, pl. 1, f. 4, 1851 (Jamaica). 
Jordan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1884, 143 (Key West). 
Solea inscripta Giinther, iv, 1862, 473 (Jamaica). 
Monochir reticulatus Poey, Memorias, ii, 1861, 317(Cuba); Synopsis, 409 ; Bnuniecstio, 
139. 
Solea reticulata Giinther, iv, 472 (copied), 
Beostoma reticulatum Bean & Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 152 (Jamaica). 
Habitat.—W est Indian fauna, north to Key West. 
