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Cottus scoipius, L. 



LiNNli, Syst. Nat., ed. sii, 452. 



The condition of the typical specimen is very bad ; it appears, how- 

 ever, to resemble closely enough our Scandinavian specimens of that 

 species. 



The length of the maxilla is contained 2]- times in the length of the 

 head ; the length of the orbit 3| times. 



The second dorsal has 14 rays ; the anal 11 ; pectoral 17. 



Zeus gallus, L. 



LiNNE, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 454. 



This is a species of Selene. 



D. VII, 21, the longest spine more than twice as long as the base of 

 the second dorsal. A. II, I, 19 ; lateral line not armed. The preanal 

 spines are not much developed. The length of the typical example is 

 about 4^ inches. Y. ; its longest ray equals base of soft dorsal. 



The species is identical with the Zeus capillaris of Mitchill, and we 

 must use the name Selene gallus for that species. If the Selene argentea 

 of Lacepede be only the adult stage of capillaris, then Lacep^de's name, 

 with that of Mitchill, must fall into the synonymy of Selene gallus. 



Zeus vomer of Linne is the species which has long figured in Ameri- 

 can writings as Vomer setipinnis, which must now be called Yomer vomer^ 

 or if Selene and Vomer are not distinct, we must apply to it the name 

 Selene vomer. 



Pleuronectes plagiusa, L. 



LiNXE, Syst. Nat., ed. sii, 455. 



The type of this species may have come from Africa or India. There 

 is considerable doubt as to its origin. (See Garden's Correspondence 

 with Linne, page 314.) 



D. ca. 92; A. ca. 75; Scales ca. 77. 



The species is more elongate than our s^eoXm^ws of Ajihoristia plagiusa, 

 so called, the depth being contained in the total length without caudal 

 4^ times, and the head 6 times. In American specimens of Aphoristia 

 plagiusa, so called, there are not fewer than 85 scales in a longitudinal 

 series. The scales in Linux's species are certainly larger than in ours. 

 The depth is contained 3| times in the total length to caudal base, and 

 the head about 5 times. Under the circumstances it would be better to 

 apply the name Aphoristia ornata, Lac, to our species. 



Pleuronectes lineatus, L. 



LiNNifi, Syst. Nat.,ed. xii, 458. 



]^o. 26, Garden. The Sole. 



This specimen is marked " lineatus " by Linne, and in edition xii, 

 page 458, is referred to the species Pleuronectes lineatus, which had, in 

 edition x, been established upon a description of Brown, Jamaica, 445, 

 and the description and figure of Sloan. 



