Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 475 
Greenland, Fasriciuvs. 
Called ‘‘ Ingmingoak,’’ by the Greenlanders. 
Coryphena rupestris, Fapricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 154. 
BUCS rupestris (Soanmeayt Buiocu. xxvi. p. 103. 
ff Rock Grenadier, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., m1. p. 254. 
FAMILY XXIV. PLANIDZ. 
Body flat, compressed vertically. Upper surface dusky, and of various 
colors ; beneath white. Dorsal single, extending the whole length of the 
back. Both eyes placed on the same side of the head. No air-bladder. 
Branchial rays six. 
GENUS I. HIPPOGLOSSUS, Cvv. 
Both eyes and the color on the right side, and the fins are similar to those of 
the species of the following genus ; the jaws and the pharynx are armed with 
teeth that are sharper and stronger, and the form of the body is more elon- 
gated. 
1. Hippoglossus vulgaris, Cuv. 
Body oblong, very large, smooth. Of a dark-brown color on the right side, left side 
white. Lateral line arched above the pectorals. 
D.99. P.17. V.6. A. 73. C.18. Length, from 3 to 6 feet. 
Greenland, Fapricius. Maine and Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Linsury. 
New York, Mrreniuu, Dexay. 
(Heo lee Hippoglossus, Lin., Syst. Nat., p. 456. 
ef Holybut, Brocu, 11. p. 44, pl. 47. 
@ is Fasricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 161. 
as He Holibut, SHaw’s Gen. Zodl., 1v. p. 295. 
st eC uf Pennant’s Brit. Zool., m1. p. 302. 
s Halibut, Mrrcnitx, Trans, Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 386. 
LENS Ee yulearias Holibut, Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 460. 
Grirritu’s Cuv., x. p. 494. 
ce We Holibut, YarRRewL’s Brit, Fishes (1st edit.), 1. p. 230; (2d edit.), tm. p. 321. 
wy a Halibut, Srorer’s Report, p. 145. 
“ fs ue Dexay’s Report, p, 294, pl. 49, fig. 157. 
GENUS II. PLATESSA, Cov. 
Body rhomboidal, depressed ; both eyes generally on the right side of the 
head, one above the other; a row of teeth in each jaw, with others on 
the pharyngeal bones ; dorsal fin commencing over the upper eye, that fin 
