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called Tappa Impiriali ovLinguata ImpirialL It is still better than the 

 Linguata to eat. It is rarely taken, because it lives ou the sandy or 

 muddy bottoms of the sea, where it creeps under the sand or the mud. 

 It is very distinct from the preceding (B. tappa) being larger; it has the 

 following numbers of fin-rays, that is, dorsal nearly 100 ; anal nearly 

 80 ; ventrals 8 ; pectorals 12 ; caudal 15." 



According to Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, 748, pi. 53, as 

 quoted in the Zoological Record for 1882, this Arnoglossus lophotes is 

 identical with Arnoglossus grohmanni. If so the latter species may have 

 been the original Arnoglossus imperialis. 



32. ARNOGLOSSUS GROHMANNI. 



?? Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, Caratteri di alcuni uuovi generi e specie, 1810, 23 



(Palermo). 

 Pletironeetes grohmanni Bonaparte, Fauna ItaL, Pesci, 1837. 

 Arnoglossus grohmanni Giiuther, Cat. Fish. , iv, 417, 1862. (Mediterranean. ) Steindach- 



ner, Ichthyol. Bericht. Akad. Wissen. Wien, 1808, Sechste Fortzetzung, 



p. 50. (Barcelona, Cadiz, Malaga.) 



This small flounder seems to be rather common in the Mediterranean. 

 It reaches a larger size than A. laterna, and it is less transparent than 

 the latter. The numerous specimens examined by us were collected by 

 Dr. Jordan at Venice. 



33. ARNOGLOSSUS CONSPERSUS. 



Arnoglossus conspersus Canestrini, "Archiv Zool., i, 10, tar. 1, f. 2, 1861." Giinther, iv, 

 416 (copied). Steindachner, Ichthyol. Bericht. Akad. Wissen. Wien, 

 1868, Sechste Fortzetzung, p. 50 (Malaga). Vinciguerra, Risultate Ittiol. 

 del Violante, 1883, 104 (Genoa). 



Habitat. — Mediterranean Sea. 



We have not seen this species, and regard it as distinct from Arno- 

 glossus laterna, chiefly because it is so considered by Dr. Steindachner. 

 Dr. Vinciguerra gives a comparison of the two species, thinking them 

 very doubtfully distinct, but without reaching a positive conclusion. 



34. ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA. 



(The Scald-Fish.) 



Arnoglossus (Perpeire) Rondelet, De Piscibus, xi, c. 14, 324, 1554. 



Pleuronectes laterna Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, 204, 1792 (after Roudelet). 



Arnoglossus laterna Giinther, Cat. Fish., iv, 415, 1862. ("Cannes, Broxham, Plymouth.) 

 Steindachner, Ichthyol. Bericht. Akad. Wissen. Wien, 1868, Sechste Fort- 

 setzung, p. 50. (Barcelona, Alicante, Malaga.) Day, Brit. Fishes, vol. ii, 

 p. 22, plate xcix, fig. 2. 



Pleuronectes arnoglossus Bloch and Schneider, 1801, p. 157. 



Pleuronectes diaphanus Shaw, Gen'l Zool., iv, 309, 1803. 



Pleuronectes casurus Pennant, "Brit. Zool., 1812, iii, 325, pi. 53." 



J'leuronectes leotardi Risso, Ichth. Nice, 313, 1810. 



? Bothus tappa Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 23 (Palermo). 



