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Solea, arnoglosaa Rafinesque, Indice, 1810, 52 (after Perpeire of Rondelet). 

 Rhombus nudus Risso, Eur. Muriel., iii, 251, 1826. 

 Pleuronectes pellucidus Nardo. Ichth. Adriat., 134, 1824. 



Habitat. — Coasts of Southern Europe, uorth to England. 



This small flounder reaches a length of about six inches. It is com- 

 mon in the Mediterranean and as far north as the English coast. Our 

 specimens were collected by Dr. Jordan in Venice. 



35. ARNOGLOSSUS(?) PIMBRIATUS. 



Hemirhombus fimbriates Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 591. (Deep 

 waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ) 



Habitat. — Deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 



We know this species from the original description only. As the 

 authors of the species say that "the teeth are uniserial in both jaws" 

 we are unable to see why they have placed it in Hemirhombus. So 

 far as the description goes it agrees better with Amoglossus, in which 

 genus we have provisionally placed it. But the gill -rakers mjimbria- 

 tus are said to be tubercular, as in Azevia, while those of Amoglossus are 

 slender. The proper position of the species is therefore uncertain. 



36. ARNOGLOSSUS (?) VENTRALIS. 



Citharichthys ventralis Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 1885, 592. (Deep waters 

 of Gulf of Mexico.) 



Habitat — Deep waters of # Gulf of Mexico. 



We know this species from the original description only. It is cer- 

 tainly not a Citharichthys. Among the known genera it seems to come 

 nearest Amoglossus or to Lepidorhombus, but the latter genus has a ped- 

 unculate caudal and teeth on the romer, while the former has cycloid 

 or scarcely ctenoid deciduous scales. 



Genus XVIIL— PLATOPHRYS. 



Solea Rafinesque, Indice di Ittiologia Siciliana, 1810, 5 J (rhomboide) (not of Quensel, 

 1806). 



Platophrys Swaiuson, Nat. Hist. Class'u Fishes, ii, 1839, 302 (ocellatus). 



Feloria Cocco, Intorno ad Alcuni Pesci del mar di Messiua, Giorn. del Gabin., 1844, 

 pp. 21-30, Letter© di Messiua (hcckeli, a larval form of P. podas) (not Pe- 

 lorus of Montfort, 1808) . 



? Coccolus* (Bonaparte) Cocco, 1. c. (annectens : larval form — probably of P. podas, 

 with the right eye in transitu to the left side). 



Bothus Bonaparte, Catologo Metodico, 1846, 49 (podas) (not of Rafinesque). 



Rhomboidichthys Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Nederl. Manad. & Makassar, 67 (myri- 

 aster), 1857-'8. 



Platophrys Bleeker, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Amsterd., 1862, xiii Pleuron, 5 (ocel- 

 latus). 



* "Parvus mole et pleuronectiformis, medius inter Pleuronectidas et Bibroniinos 

 bic piscis vidotur! Attameu dum illi oculos unilaterales habeaut, iste vero bilater- 

 ales: in hoc novo genere oculi, alter a latere, aitere in vertice vix ad appositum 

 latus convenus positi sunt." (Bonaparte: quoted by Faceiol&, Su di Alcuni Rari 

 Pleuronettidi.) 



