476 ‘Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
and the anal extending nearly the whole length of the body; but neither of 
them joined to the tail; branchiostegous rays six. 
Eyes on the Right Side of the Head. 
- 1. Platessa plana, Mirceniiu. 
Form elliptical. The smaller and middling-sized specimens, when first taken from the 
water, are of a greenish-brown tinge, more or Jess spotted and blotched with rusty brown. 
The larger individuals are of a general rusty-brownish color, or a dark blackish-brown, or a 
dull slate-color, scarcely exhibiting any spots. White on left side. A spine at anus, nearly 
concealed. Lateral line makes a very slight curve only over the pectorals. The half of the 
jaw next to the colored portion, edentate. he fin rays vary somewhat. 
D.62. P.9. V.6. A.46. C.17. Muircnit. 
D.65. P.10. V.6. A.48. C.17. Srorer. 
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Pleuronectes planus, New York Flat-fish, Mrress1,. Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. ¥., 1. p. 387. 
Platessa plana, Flounder of Massachusetts, StorEr’s Report, p. 140. 
3 «New York Flat-fish, Dexay’s Report, p. 295, pl. 48, fig. 154, and pl. 49, fig. 153. 
° «Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., 1v. p. 276. 
2. Platessa dentata, Mircuiuu. 
Body elliptical. All the right side of the body and the fins of a uniform reddish-brown 
color. Mouth very large. The lower jaw has a blunt spine at the chin, Jaws furnished 
with a single row of prominent, sharp teeth, separated from each other. 
D.91. P.11. V.6. A.70. C€.18. Length, 2 inches. 
Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Dexay, Srorer. 
Pleuronectes dentatus, Flounder of New York, Mircurmt, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 390- 
Platessa dentata, Flounder of New York, Srorer’s Report, p. 143. 
i r ee = Dexay’s Report, p. 298. 
3. Platessa ferruginea, STORER. 
Body elliptical. Of a reddish slate-color, with a tinge of green, covered with numerous 
large, irregularly-formed ferruginous spots. The left side a clear white, except the posterior 
portion in front of the caudal fin, the caudal fin, and the margin of the dorsal and anal, 
which are of a lemon-yellow. Mouth small, lips tumid. Lateral line curves over the pecto- 
rals. Teeth in the jaws very small. 
D. 84. P.10. V.6. A.65. C.16. Srorer. Length, 12 to 20 inches. 
D.81. P.10. V.6. A-.59. ©. 143% Deray. 
