454 SEVENTH ki r>ki oi i in FOREST, risn AM> I.AMI COMMISSION. 



was very abundant at one time in Ma .u lui>etts Hay. but is now found chiefly in 

 depths of 100 to 250 fathoms in the .slopes of the outer banks. In August, 1878, a 

 Halibut weighing over 200 pounds was caught in liloucester Harbor. 



144. Rough Dab 



/>/d/fssoit/fs Fabricus). 



Jfntata Pi K\\. V \. Fauna, Kish., ;<;S, 1X42. New York markets. 



G i \ Kish. Iml. I'. S.. I, 197. pi. 55, 1884; JORDAN 



MANN, Butt ( ;. I S. Nat Muv, HI. -"M. is.>s : IY. P l. CCCLXXII, 

 fig. 919, 1900. 



Reddish brown, nearly plain. North Atlantic; abundant northward on both 

 coa- 



ROUGH DAB. 



DeKay describes this Flounder under the name of the Toothed Flatfish. He 

 said it was extremely common in New York markets, where it is called the Summer 

 Flounder, and that it ^n>ws to the length of 25 inches. It is a rather common food 

 fi>h of the deep waters northward on both sides of the North Atlantic, ranging 

 habitually south to Cape Cod and th< of I. n- land and Scandinavia. At 



Woods Hole it is sometimes called Sand Dab and Ku>ty Flounder. Dr. Smith says 

 it is not common there, but is found some years in winter in inshore waters adjacent 

 to Woods Hole; specimens have been taken in February on lines. One year some 

 were caught in a fyke net in (ireat Harbor. In Massachusetts Bay it is a common 

 species in the deep waters, approaching the shores in winter. 



