Slorcr's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 11^ 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, DbkaT. 



Platessa ferruginea. Ru Ij Dab, Stosi i p 141. 



" Rusty Flat-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 297. 



4. Platessa pusilla, Dekav. 



Body more elongated than that of the P. plana. Nearly uniform olive-brown, with indis- 

 tinct darker blotches towards the dorsal and anal fins. No anal spine. Jaws armed with mi- 

 nute conic teeth. Lateral line but very sligluly curved over pectorals. 



D. 67-09. P. U. V. G. A. 50. C. 153. Length, 5 inches. 



New York, Dekav. 



Platessa pusilla, Pigmy Flatfish, Dekay's Report, p. 236, pi. 47, fig. 153. 



5. Platessa glabra, Storf.r. 



Body elliptical, perfectly smooth. Above grayish, mottled with dark brown. Dorsal, 

 anal, and caudal fins, reddish yellow, with well marked, nearly black spots, more or less 

 oval, differing in their size. A smooth ridge between the eyes. Lateral line scarcely de- 

 viates from the straight course over the pectorals. Teeth cylindrical, slightly conical at their 

 points. Numerous blunt teeth upon the hyoid bone. The extremities of the ventrals do not 

 reach the anal fin. 



D.54-62. P.O. V. 6. A. 39-41. C. 16. Length, 8 inches. 



Massachusetts, Storer. 



Pialessa glabra, Storer, Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., I. p. 131. 



Eyes on the Left Side. 



6. Platessa oblonga, Mitchilx. 



Body oblong, smooth. Of a reddish-gray color, with more or less numerous circular'oval, or 

 oblong blotches of a darker color, surrounded with a lighter margin, and also numerous white 

 spots, which are distributed more copiously at the bases of and upon the fins. Right side 

 white, without spots. A prominence at chin. Jaws with a single row of separated, quite 

 large, sharp teeth ; the front ones much the largest. The external and central rays of cau- 

 dal longest ; when unexpanded, the caudal appears roundish. 



D. 73. P. 11. V. 6. A. 59. C. 17. Mitchill. 



D. 89. P. 12. V. 6. A. 68. C. 16. Storer. Length, 15 to 30 inches. 



D. 89. P. 12. V. 6. A. 71. C. 10. 



D. 88. P. 12. V. 6. A. 66. C. 17. Dick-ay. 



D. 95. P. 12. V. 6. A. 72. C. 16§. 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



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