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are destitute of pectoral fins. There is a conspicuous pore at the base 

 of each ray of the dorsal and anal, and on the blind side there is an ac- 

 cessory half lateral line. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF SOLEA. 



a. Nostril of blind side simple, not forming a distinct tube, its edge scantily friuged ; 

 black spot on pectoral fin at its tip. (Solca.) 



b. Pectoral of eyed side about one-tbird length of head, that of blind side a very 

 little shorter ; eyes well separated, the upper considerably in advance of 

 lower; scales small, ctenoid on both sides ; those of blind side of head with 

 few fringes ; color dark brown, with darker mottlings, rarely jdain brown, 

 immaculate (var. cinerea); vertical fins with darker edgings; tip of pectoral 

 jet black. D. 73 to 80 ; A. Gl to 69 ; lat. 1. 140 to 150. Vertebrae 9 + 40 = 49. 

 Head, 3 in length ; depth, about 4 Solea, 92. 



bb. [Pectoral of eyed side less than one-third length of head, that of blind side 

 similar ; eyes well separated ; scales small, ctenoid on both sides ; color 

 clear brown, thickly covered with pale and dark brown spots and dots; 

 fins similarly spotted ; vertical fins without dark edgings; tip of pectoral 

 black. D. 80 to 92; A. 75 to 76; lat. 1. 128 to 150. Head, 4& in length ; 

 depth, 2|.] (Steindachmr) Capellonis, 93. 



bbb. [Pectoral of eyed side as long as snout to eye. Form elongate; lower jaw 

 included; teeth sharp, in three rows. Posterior nostril concealed; ante- 

 rior in a short tube ; color uniform blackisb. D. 84. A. 65. P. 8. V. 4. 



C.21.] (Kaup) Brasiliensis,* 94. 



aa. Nostril of blind side with its margin produced into a tube, which is more or 

 less conspicuously friuged. (Pegusa Gunther.) 

 c. Scales of blind side cycloid ; nasal tube moderate, its fringes few and short ; 

 scales of blind side of head with few fringes ; pectoral fin with its black 

 ocellus near the base, the fin short, that of the eyed side not one-third 

 length of head. Eye rather large, the interorbital space moderate ; scales 

 rather small, those on the blind side cycloid. Pectoral tin black at base, 

 its tip and margin whitish ; coloration of body subject to many varia- 

 tions, usually gray, profusely dotted and speckled with black and whitlsb, 

 sometimes very finely mottled and sometimes nearly plain ; vertical fins 

 broadly edged with black. Head, 4f ; depth, 3£. D. 74 to 82 ; A. 59 to 64 ; 



lat. 1. 100 to 110. Vertebra}, 10 + 38 = 48 Kleini,95. 



cc. Scales of left side of body ctenoid ; nasal tube broad, well fringed, scales of 

 eyed side with fringes ; black ocellus on pectoral near the tip of the I'm. 

 (/. [Fringes of left nostril comparatively few, the margin of the nostril very 

 broad ; pectoral fin comparatively long, about 2^ in head, the black ocellus 

 on its posterior half; eye small, its diameter equal to the interorbital space ; 

 scales small; color yellowish, marbled with round brownish blotches, aud 

 speckled with black. Head b\ ; depth 23. Dorsal 81 to 89 ; anal 66 to 68. 



Lat. 1. 117. Vertebras 46. ] ( Giinther : Steindachner) Aurantiaca, 91 !. 



dd. Fringes of left nostril very numerous; longer than the diameter of the 

 nasal tube, 

 e. Scales of lateral line 110 to 140. 



/. [Dorsal rays 80 to 89 ; anal rays 61 to 68. Lat. 1. 120 to 140. Pectoral fin 

 2 to 2J in head. Depth 3 in length. Head 5. Color ashy gray with a dark 

 brown point at the base of each scale ; vertical fins with dark dots; pectoral 

 with a large round black spot near its tip, this spot edged with paler an- 

 teriorly. J J Steindachner) - Lascaris, 97. 



' 1). 96; A. 84. Head 6 in length; depth 3; middle of pectoral and end of caudal 

 black, according to Agassi/.. Possibly two species arc confounded under this name. 



