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FISHES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 



AMERICAN SOLE 



Of the six left-handed species, three have rather large symmetrical 

 mouths with conspicuous teeth and the ventral fins also symmetrical 

 and equal to one another in size. The only common form is the Summer 

 Flounder or "Fluke," too well known to need description. When full- 



SUMMER FLOUNDER 



grown this fish usually weighs about five pounds. Ten-pound fish are 

 not uncommon, and are about thirty inches long. There is a record of one 

 twenty-six pounds in weight. The Southern Flounder, which resembles it 



