486 Storer on the 
the orbit of the eyes, and extends to the fleshy 
portion of the tail; of a lighter color than the body 
of the fish ; extremities of the rays free, and tipped 
with white; the first rays are the shortest ; those 
at the middle and towards the posterior, longest; 
those at the extremity, of moderate height. 
The Pectorals are light colored, transversely barred 
with dark colored bands, having a white blotch, 
at their inferior base; their length to their height 
as 1 to 3. 
The Ventrals are very small, less than an inch 
high, of alight color, with darker spots; rays, deeply 
cleft. — 
The Anal fin arises just back of the ventrals, and 
terminates on a plane with the dorsal ; similar in its 
form and color to the dorsal. 
The Caudal fin is large and fleshy ; the depth of 
the fleshy portion of the tail at the termination of the 
dorsal fin, one inch and a half; length of the caudal 
rays, two and a half inches ; convex at the extrem- 
ity ; rounded when expanded. 
The fin rays are as follows: D. 89; P. 12; V. 
0; 4: 68... C. 16. re 
The fish I have just described, is undoubtedly the 
“ Pleuronectes aquosus," of Mitchell. No ichthyol- 
ogist could mistake it for the “Rhombus maximus,” 
“ Turbot.” The “ Turbot” is nearly round, and its 
left side is nearly covered with numerous tubercles. 
Like the turbot it is said to be often taken with the 
trawl-net, and like that species it is a Rhombus. In 
a paper upon our fishes published in the first volume 
“of this Journal, I inadvertently remarked that, among 
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