FAMILY PLANID^ 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. stellata. (Pall. Rich. 1. c. p. 257.) Liver brown above, with numerous stellated bony tubercles. 

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



GENUS PLEURONECTES. (Rhombus of Cuvier.) 



Eyes and colored surface on the left. Teeth in the jaws and pharynx. 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 Rhombus to a genus of the family Scombridae, 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 Chetodonidce, and we think it preferable to employ the neglected name of Pleuro- 

 nectes. 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. 



Pledronectes macdlatds. 



PLiTE XLVll. FIG 151. 



The Ntm-Yorh Plaice, P. mamlatus. MiTCHiLL, Report in part, (&c. p. 9. 



Plaice of New-York, P.aqmsus. Id. Trans. Lit. and Pliil. Soc. N. Y. Vol. 1, p. 389, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Rhombus aquosus. CnviER, R^gne Animal. 



R. id. Storer, Boston Joum. Nat. Hist. Vol. 1, p. 351 ; and Fishes of Massachusetts, p. 146. 



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

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

 inches. 



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

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

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

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

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

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

 on the sides ; beneath they are rather more robust, but nearly obsolete on the uncolored side 

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



