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38. HIPPOGLOSSUS OLIVACEUS, Schlegel, Faun. Jap., &c., 184, pl. 94. 
Nores.—From Yedo Bay, life size 8} inches. 
The Japanese name Makarei, in the Faun. Jap., by which it is known at Nagasaki, is also 
given to it at Osaka. Karei is the local name given to the Platessoidae. 
39. SYNAPTURA OMMATURA, Rich. 
SoLEA omMATURA, Richardson, Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1845, p. 279. 
Sonera Zeprina, T. and 8., Faun. Jap. Pisces, 185, pl. 95, f. 1. 
Nores.—From Simoda, (43 inches ;) cow’s tongue—Simushinoshta. 
This drawing agrees with the above quoted figure, except that the caudal markings are 
orange. Richardson is no doubt right in supposing this species to be distinct from the Solea 
Zebra of Bloch. Bleecker doubts it, and classes it in his ‘‘ Nalezingen op de Ichthylogie van 
Japan,” (1853,) p. 19, under the oldspecific name but in his genus Synaptura. In his paper 
on Pleuronectidae, (1852,) p. 17, he observes that it seems only to be a local variety of the 
Zebra. As he however had not seen the fish, while Richardson had compared specimens of 
those allied species, it seems but proper to adopt the specific name of the one and the generic 
name of the other of these distinguished Ichthyologists. 
It bears the same local name in the Faun. Jap. as that above given. Sim, is “to dye;”’ 
ushinoshta, a ‘cow's tongue.”’ 
40. PLAGUSIA JAPONICA, T &S.; Faun. Jap., Pisces, 187, pl. 95, f. 2 
Notes.—F rom Simoda, Ushinosta, 84 inches. 
The above distinct specific name is given to it in the Fauna Japonica, until it can be shown 
to belong to one of the described species of Plagusia, which are as yet not well characterized. 
41. SALMO PERRYI, N. S. 
PLATE IX, fig. 1. Reduced, 
Notrs.—From Hakodadi, May and June, (33 inches,) D. 11, A. 11, P. 15, V. 8, C. 25. 
After a careful comparison of this figure with all the species of salmon from the Pacific de- 
scribed by Pallas in his Zoographia, or by Valenciennes in the 21st volume of the Histoire des 
Poissons, this fish would seem not to have been described before. It resembles the S Puspu- 
“ ratus of Pallas in some points, and may be an adult specimen of it; but the Pacific salmon are 
not well known, and no one species has been placed on a sure basis. Pallas, Richardson and 
Valenciennes describe some twenty-five distinct species from the Pacific, which number will 
probably be reduced considerably. The surveying expedition to the North Pacific, under Com- 
mander John Rodgers, has brought home 550 species of fish, among which many Salmonidae 
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