FAMILY PLANIDJE — PLEURONECTES. 301 



tinct. From the drawings of Dr. Holbrook, there appear to be three species with ocellated 

 spots on the coast of CaroHna, alhed by its markings to this flounder, but all with the caudal 

 angular. 



(EXTRALIMITAL) 



P. steUata. (Pall. Rich. 1. c. p. 257.) Liver brown above, with numerous stellated bony tubercles. 

 Fins reddish, with broad vortical black stripes. Length twelve inches. 



GENUS PLEURONECTES. (Rhombus of Cuvier.) 



Eyes and colored suj-face on the left. Teeth in the /cues and pJiarynx. Dorsal fin com- 

 mences anterior to the eye. 



Obs. mm. Cuvier and Valenciennes having been compelled by the law of priority to restore 

 the name of Rho??dms to a genus of the family Scombridaj, the name of the present genus, 

 which was also called Rhombus, must be changed. Mr. Swainson has proposed to restore 

 the old name Psetta of Aristotle. It, however, resembles too closely the genus Psettus of 

 the family Chetodonida\ and we think it preferable to employ the neglected name of Pleuro- 

 ncctes. As the Turbot of Europe stands as the type of this genus, we shall apply this popu- 

 lar name to the American species ; although it must be distinctly understood that the Turbot 

 of Europe has never yet been detected on the coast of the United States. 



THE SPOTTED TURBOT. 



PLE0RONECTE.S MACHLATUS. 



PL.\TE XLVll. FIG 151. 



The Ncw-Ynrk Plaicf, P. ?naathiUis. MiTCHILL, Report in pari, &.c. p. 9. 



Plaice of Aew-York, P.aquosits. Id. Trans. Lit. and Plul. Soc. N. Y. Vol. 1, p. 389, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Rhombus aquosiis. CriviER, Rf'gnc Animal. 



R. id. Stoker, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. Vol. 1, p 351 ; and Fishes of Massachusrtts, p. 140. 



Characteristics. Orbicular. Body and fins pellucid, with numerous black spots. Tiie ante- 

 rior rays of the dorsal with membranous slips. Length twelve to eighteen 

 inches. 



Description. Body nearly orbicular ; the dorsal outline sliglitly concave towards the head. 

 Scales round, minute, adherent, and depressed in the centre. Lateral line regularly arched 

 above the pectoral, and then proceeding straight in a slight furrow to the tail. Eyes motlcrale, 

 with a distinct bony ridge between them ; immediately in front of this arc the two nostrils, 

 one preceding the other. Mouth large ; its gape extensive. Chin with a slight protuberance. 

 Teeth numerous, sharp and small, crowded iu front of the upper jaw, and in a single series 

 on the sides ; beneath they arc rather more robust, but nearly oltsoletc on the uncolored side 

 of the jaw. A small patch on the vomer, and numerous crowded teeth ou tiie pharyngeals. 



