438 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



oms; from station 2378, in 20° 14' 30" X.lat., 88° 09' 30" W.lon., at a depth of OS fathoms; 

 from station 2403, in 28° 42' 30" X. lat,, 85° 29' W. Ion., at a depth of 88 fathoms; and 

 from station 2312, in 32° 54' X. lat., 77° 53' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 88 fathoms. 



HIPPOGLOSSOIDES, Gottsche. 



Hippoglossoides, Gottsche, Wiegmann's Archiv., t83">. His. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., iv,405. — Jor- 

 dan and Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 405. 

 Psettichthys, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1854, 140. 

 Pomatopselta, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Pbila., 1864, 217. 



Dextral 1 pleuronectoids having the body oblong and somewhat compressed; month 

 rather large, having a single row of sharp teeth on each jaw, and sometimes an inner row 

 of small ones in the upper jaw; vomer and palatines toothless; gill rakers long and slender. 

 Scales ctenoid; lateral line nearly straight, simple, or with accessory branch. Dorsal tin 

 low in front, beginning over or before the eye. Ventrals both lateral. Caudal double 

 truncate, produced. 



HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES, (Fabricius), (Jill. (Figure 367.) 



Plettroneelen platesftoides, Fabricii s. Fauna Grienlandicn. 1780, 164 (excellent description). — " Vidensk. 



Selsk. Naturv. och Mathem. Afhandl., i, 50, pi, n. fig. 2." 

 Citharus plalessoides, Reinhardt, ibid, vn, 1838. p. 130. — Kroyer, in Gaimard, Voyage en Scandinavie, etc 



pis. XXI (excellent figure). 

 Urepano (p) sella platessoides, Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. America, 1861,50. 

 Hippoglo880ide8 platessoides, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sri. 1'hila.. 1864, 217. — Goodk :in<l Bean, Cat. Fisli. Essex 



Co., Mass., 1879,7.— Collett, Norsk. Nordh. Exp. Fiske, 1875. 145. — Goodk, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.. in, 471.— 



Gunther, Challenger Report, xxn, 1887, 161. — Jordan and Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. N. M.,826. 

 / 'In tessa di-nt ii I a i not Pleuroneeiei deniatus, Mitchill), Storer, Reji. Fisli. Mass. 1839, p. 143; Hist. Fish. Mass. 



1867, 197. pi. xxx. fig. 3. 

 Hippoglossoides dentatus, Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A.. 1861, 50. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.. iv, 1862. 



406. 

 Pomatopselta dentata, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1864, 217 i with def. of Pomatopselta, 216). 

 Hippoglossoides limandoides, Goodk and Bean, Ainer. Journ. Sci. and Arts. wii. 1876, 39. 



Body moderately elongate, its height two-fifths of its length. Head short, its length 

 3£ in that of body. Mouth moderate, oblique; maxillary narrow, reaching to vertical from 

 middle of orbit, its length 2| times in that of head. Teeth moderate, conical; in one row 

 in each jaw, those in the lower jaw largest. Eyes moderate, the upper one largest and 

 longer than snout. Lower jaw included. Lateral line nearly straight, simple, containing 

 about 90 pierced scales. Interorbital space narrow, with a raised, obtuse ridge, entirely 

 covered with rough scales; mandible scaly. Gill rakers short and robust, smooth, about 10 

 below angle; the length of the longest less than one -third diameter of orbit. Fins covered 

 with small, rough scales. A strong pre anal spine. Pectoral not quite half as long as the 

 head. 



Radial formula: D. 80-93; A. 64-75. 



Color, ferruginous. 



This species is not unusual in deep water off southern Massachusetts and Rhode 

 Island, approaching the coasts in winter. South of Spitzbergen and Bear Island it occurs at 

 depths of 120-220 fathoms. The A Ibatross took it from station 2453, in 47° 10' X. lat., 51° 02' 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 82 fathoms; from station 2499, in 44° 46' 30" X. lat., 59° 55' 45" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 130 fathoms; from station 2430, in 12 58' 30" TS. lat., ",() 50' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 179 fathoms; from station 2498, in 44-' 54' X. lat., 59° 46' 45" W. Ion., at a 

 depth of G5 fathoms ; from station 2431, in 43° X. lat., 50° 47' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 129 

 fathoms; from station 2452, in 47° 04' N. lat., 50° 48' W. Ion., at a depth of 89 fathoms; 

 from station 2461, in 45° 47' X. lat., 54° 13' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 59 fathoms; from 

 station 2455, in 47° 21' X. lat., 51° 38' 30" \V. Ion., at a depth of 81 fathoms; from station 



'In H. elassodon reversed individuals sometimes are found. 



