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Hippoglossus intermedins Eanzani, Novis Speciebus Piscium Dissertatio Secundo, 1840, 

 14, pi. 4. (Brazil.) 



Hemirhombus pcetulus Beau MSS, Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 

 p. 304. (Pensacola.) Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 414. 

 (Pensacola.) Bean, Cat. Col. Fish U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, p. 45. (Pensa- 

 cola.) 



Cithariehthys pcetulus Jordan and Gilbert, Syu. Fish. N. A., p. 964, 1882, addenda. 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, p. 38. (Pensacola.) 



Habitat — West Indian fauna. Charleston to Rio Janeiro. 



Of the species found in the deep waters about Pensacola and called 

 by Dr. Bean Hemirhombus pmtulus we have numerous specimens. Lately 

 we have received from Mr. Charles C. Leslie, of Charleston, a specimen 

 which shows its presence also in Carolina waters. It has not yet been 

 recorded from Cuba, but in the Museum of Comparative Zoology is a 

 specimen (26104) taken by Mr. Samuel Garman at Kingston, Saint Vin- 

 cent. But its range extends much farther to the southward, for among 

 the collections made by Professor Agassiz at Rio Janeiro there are many 

 specimens (11375, 4666), the largest about a foot loug. These seem to 

 be completely identical with Florida examples, differing only in having 

 the blind side pale, it being usually partly blackish in northern examples. 



These Brazilian specimens agree very closely with the figure of 

 Rhombus soleceformis, except that Agassiz has represented that species 

 as having a dusky blotch at the shoulder. No such marking is appar- 

 ent in any of our specimens. The coloration and the breadth of the in- 

 terorbital both render it unlikely that Agassiz's soleceformis could have 

 been micrurum. 



The Aramaca of Marcgrave, which is the sole basis of Pleuronectes 

 papillosum, Pleuronectes macrolepidotus, and Rhombus aramaca, cannot 

 well be any known species other than the present one. 



According to Marcgrave's rude figure and his description, this species 

 has the form of a sole, the eyes wide apart, the left pectoral produced, 

 the mouth very large, the body oblong, aud the coloration stone-like 

 (sand-color) on the left side and white on the eyed side. Micrurum is 

 not colored in that way, and its eyes are not noticeably far apart. 



We therefore adopt for this species the oldest name of Syacium 

 papillosum!' 



The species is common in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and 

 reaches a length of more than a foot. 



47. SYACIUM MICRURUM. 



Syacium micrurum Eanzani, Nov. Spec. Pise. Diss. Sec, 1840, 20, pi. 5. (Brazil.) 



Hippoglossus occllatus Poey, Memorias, ii, 314, 18G0. (Cuba.) 



Hemirhombus ocellat us Poey, Synopsis, 407, 1868. Poey, Enumeratio, 138, 1875. 



Cithariehthys occllatus Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 964, 1882. (Key West.) 

 Jordan, Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 143. (Key West.) 



Hemirhombus aramaca Gunther, iv, 42, 1862. (Cuba; Jamaica.) (Not Rhombus ara- 

 maca Cuvier.) 



Cithariehthys cethalion Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., L888, 52. (Havana.) 



Hemirhombus cethalion Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 602. 



