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13. PARALICHTHYS BRASILIENSIS. 



Hippoglossus brasiliensis Ranzaui, Nov. Spec. Pise, 10, tab. iii, 1840 (Brazil). 

 Pseudorhombus brasiliensis Giinther, Fishes Centr. Auier,473, 1869 (Brazil, Guatemala). 

 Platessa orbignyana Valenciennes, D'Orbigny Voy. S. Amer. Merid. Poiss., pt. 5, pi. 16, f. 



1, 1847. 

 Rhombus aramaca Castelnau, Auiin. nouv. on rares, Poiss., 78, pi. 40, f. 3 (not of Cu- 



viej). 

 Pseudorhombus vorax Giintlier, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 429 (" South America"). 



Habitat. — South America, said to range northward to Guatemala. 

 This species is known to us from numerous specimens from Eio Janeiro 

 and from Maldonado, in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



The locality " Guatemala" given by Giinther seems to be somewhat 

 doubtful, and the species may not occur in West Indian waters at all. 



14. PARALICHTHYS ADSPERSUS. 



t Hippoglossus Jcingi Jenyns, Voyage Beagle, Fishes, 1842, 128, pi. 26. (Valparaiso: 



from a drawing only. ) * 



Pseudorhombus adspersus Steindachner, Ichthyol. Notizen,v, 1867, 9, Plate II. (Chinchas 



Islands.) 

 Paralichthys adspersus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 370. (Capo 



San Lucas.) Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. Fish. Com., 1882, pp. 108 and 111. 



(Mazatlan, Panama.) Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 133. 



Habitat — Pacific coast of tropical America. Cape San Lucas to Peru. 



Numerous specimens of this species were obtained by Professor Gil- 

 bert at Mazatlan and Panama. As all these have been destroyed by 

 fire, we have taken our description from Callao specimens in the Mu- 

 seum of Comparative Zoology. The species is very close" to P. brasili 

 ensis, differing chiefly in the smaller scales. This may prove identical 

 with the remarkable H. kingi of Jenyns, in which case it must stand as 

 Paralichthys Tcingi. 



15. PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS. 



(The Summer Flounder.) 



Pleuronecles dentatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1, 458, 1766, and of numerous copyists. 



Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., p. 390, 1815 (New York). 

 Platessa dentata Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., p. 143, 1839. 

 Pseudorhombus dentatus Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 123. 

 Paralichthys dentatus Goode, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anini., 1884, 178. (Detailed account; 



includes P. lethostigma.) Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 134. 

 Pleuronectes melanogaster Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., p. 390, 1815. 



(Doubled example.) 

 Platessa ocellaris DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 300, PL 47, fig. 152. 

 Pseudorhombus ocellaris Giinther, iv, 430, 1862 (copied). Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, 370 (Beaufort). 

 Chcenopsetta ocellaris Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. , 1864, 218. 

 Paralichthys ocellaris Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 617 



(Charleston). 

 Paralichthys ophryas Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish N. A., p. 822, 1882 (Charleston). 



