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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 
Genus DREPANOPSETTA. 
Bod// of the ordinary Platessoid form. Eyes set usually on the right side , and even in adult specimens fairly 
dose to each, other. Jaw-teeth pointed and generally set in a single row in both jaws'*. Lower pharyngeal teeth 
also pointed , set in two rows or b one. No palatine or vomerine teeth. The dorsal fin begins above or a little in 
front of the upper eye. Hind margin of the caudal fin convex. Anal spine present. Scales middle-sized and 
ctenoid. Lateral line almost straight. 
This genus is very closely related to another, j 
Paralichthys ( Pseudorhombus ), which contains more nu- 
merous species, and from which it is distinguished 
chiefly by its straighter lateral line and by the eyes’ 
being usually set on the right side. Its geographical 
extension is Subarctic, chiefly confined to the Pacific, 
where four species are known. Only one species, of 
which two distinct varieties occur, belongs to the basin 
of the Atlantic. 
With regard to the generic name it is true that 
most recent writers have accepted Hippoglossoides , the 
name proposed in 1 835 c by Gottsche. But besides 
the fact that the formation of this name, as Malmgren 
has already observed d , is contrary to the Lin mean rule 
that “ nomina generica in oides desinentia e foro histo- 
ric natural is releganda sunt” e , it is proposed by Gott- 
sche merely to denote a, division of Cuvier’s subgenus 
Hippoglossus. If we should insist, however, upon the 
retention of this name, and also strictly follow the 
current rules of nomenclature, the family of the Hali- 
buts, as it is represented in the Scandinavian fauna, 
would appear as follows: 
Hippoglossus hippoglossus , Linn., 
Hippoglossus ( Platysomatichthys ) hippoglossoides , 
Walb., 
Hippoglossoides platessoides , Fabr., 
an arrangement no less tautological than confusing. 
In this case, therefore, we are fully justified in reject- 
ing the generic name of Hippoglossoides and adopting 
Drepanopsetta , the name proposed by Gill 7 , although 
Gill himself subsequently 5 ' withdrew this proposal. 
“ Or also, in certain exotic species, an inner row of small teeth on the intermaxillary bones. 
b According to the observations of others. 
c Wiegm. Arch. f. Naturg., 1 Jahrg., 2 Bd., p. 164. 
d Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1864, p. 256. 
f LiNNiEUS, Philos, botan ., p. 161, § 226. 
f Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc., Phil. 1861, App., p. 50. 
g Ibid., 1864, p. 217. 
