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Plaironccti s Umamlaims, Parii. Eilinb. Xi>w Philos. Jom'n. IS^l.'i, p. 210 

 flSSfi). ■ ■ 



Platessa.Uiiiandoidcs, .Ii'ii. Man. Brit. Vert. Auiin. J). 459 (isiiri). 



Hippoglossoides limandoides, Griinth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol. 4, j). 405 

 (lS()2i. 



Hippoylossoides platcssoidis, Coll. Forh. Vid. Sotsk. Clira. ISTS, No. 14, 

 1.1. 92 (l.'-iTS). 



Diagn. Legemet glaf. dets Højde mdehoJdes 3^ji, hos 

 ældre Individer 2-ji, Hovedets Længde 4 — 4'/^ Oange i To-: 

 ialhengden. Dorscdens Afsfand fra CaudaJeu er hefydeligi 

 mindre, end Halerodeus Højde. Hovedet skjæJbeklædt Uige 

 tid paa Kjævenie; Finnerne ligéledes shjælhehlædte. Infer- 

 orbifatrummet smalt : Øjriene ligge fmiiJ i samme Plaiu og 

 indeholdes 4, hos Juldt lulro.rede Individer 4^1-. Gange i 

 Hovedets Længde. Underhjæven længst. Rødgraa, ofte med 

 enkelte (4 — 6) utydelige større Pletter Jmigs Grmiden af 

 Dorsaten og Anaten; Blindsiden hrid. 



M. B. 8. D. 76-^92 (93—101),: A. 64^72 (60—79): 

 P. 10—11 (9—12): V. 6. 



Localit. fra NordL. Exped. Tauatjord i Finmar- 

 ken; Havet mellem Nordcap og Beereu Eiland. samt Havet 

 sondentbr Spitsbergen. 



Bemærkninger til Synonymien. I 1780 opstillede 

 og beskrev Fabricius i ,.Fauua Groenlaudica-' under No. 1 1.9 

 sin Pleuronectes platessoides, og i 1789 blev Arten optørt 

 under dette Fabricii Navn i Gmelin's ISdeUdgave af Lin- 

 næi ,,Systema Naturae" (p. 1234). Endnu engang gjorde 

 Fabricius den til Gjenstand for en temmelig udførlig Be- 

 skrivelse, der indførtes i Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. 

 Afh. 1 Del. p. 4U (1824). ledsaget af en Tegning, der dog 

 var af meget primitiv Natur. 



Senere- er Arten under denne Beuævnelse kun sjel- 

 dent, og aldrig med nogen ' UdførUghed eller efter Autopsi 

 bleven omtalt, og specielt er dens rette Forhold til den 

 europæiske Pleuronectes limandoides,, opstillet af Bloch i 

 1787, ikke gjort til Gjenstand for nogen sammenlignende 

 Undersøgelse', naar undtages, at Malmgren. der hav de 2 

 spæde Unger af. hvad hau autog var denne Art. fra Spits- 



' Den udførlige Beskiivelse af ,.PlmroHeHcs platessoides, Fabr." fra 

 Island, som Faber giver i sin ,.Naturg. Fische Islands", p. 140 (Frankf. 

 1829), vedrører ikke denne Art, men Pl. limanda, Lin. 

 Den norske Nordhavsexpedition. Collett : Fiske. 



Pleuronectes limanelanus, Parn. Edinli. New Philos. .Tourn. 1S35, p.210 



(1835). 

 Platessa limandoides, Jen. Man. Brit. Vert. Anim. p. -459 (18:i51. 

 Hippoglossoides limandoides, (ruiith. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol. 4, p. 405 



(1862). 

 Hippoglossoides jilatessoides, Coll. Forh. Vid. Solsk. Chra. 1S78, No. 14, 



p. 92 |1S7S). 



Diagnosis. — Body smooth; depth to tot at length as 

 1 to 3^li, in JuU-groini erdmples as 1 to 2-1^; length of 

 head as 1 to 4—4^1-i. Distance of dorsal from caudal 

 considerably less than the height of the imlwicle of the tail. 

 Head scaled, out on tJ/e juivs ; the fins, too, are covered with 

 scales. Interovbitcd space 'narrow; the eyes equal in front; 

 their diameter is to the length of the head as 1 to 4, 

 in full-grown indmduals as 1 to 4^j->. Loiøer jaw longer 

 than upper. Colour reddish-grey, frequently with a feiv 

 (4 — G) large, indistinct spots along the hase of the dorsal 

 and anal. The blind side wliite. 

 M. B. 8. D. 76—92 (93-101); A. 64—72 (60—79): 

 P. 10—11 (9—12): V. 6. 



Locality (North Atl. Exped.): — The Tana Fjord 

 (Finmark); the open sea. between "the North Cape and 

 Beereu Eilaud; and the ocean tract south of Spitzberren. 



Remarks on the Synonymy. — In 1780, Fabricius 

 established and described the species Pleuronectes plcdessoi- 

 des in his "'Fauna grænlandica'" (No. 119); and in 1789 it 

 was classed with this name in Gmelin's 13th Edition of 

 Linneus's -'Systema naturæ" (p. 1234). Once again Fabricius 

 made PI. platessoides the subject of a rather elaborate de- 

 scription, in Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. Part 1, 

 p. 40 (1824); and on this occasion he furnished' a drawing, 

 which is however exceedingly primitive in character. 



Under the name of PI. platessoides, the species has 

 since been rarely recorded, and never once described fully 

 or from autopsy ; nor has its true relation to the European 

 form of PI. limandoides, described by Bloch in 1787, been 

 made the subject of comparative investigation,' saving that 

 Malmgren, who was in possession of 2 very young exam- 

 ples (belonging, in his opinion, to this species), from Spitz- 



' The ^Pleuronectes platessoielcs, Fabr.," from the coast of Iceland, of 

 which Faber gave a detailed description in his "Naturg. Fische Is- 

 lands," p. 140 (Pi'ankf. 1829), is not this species, but PI. limemela, Lin. 



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