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eye, and follows the dorsal profile to the twenty- 

 sixth dorsal ray, where it terminates ; dorsal and 

 anal rays quite smooth the dorsal commences 

 above the anterior third of the orbit, and ter- 

 minates at a distance from the caudal nearly equal 

 to the depth of the free portion of the tail ; anal 

 spine prominent the longest dorsal rays are 

 somewhat behind the middle of the fin, rather 

 shorter than the pectoral, and half as long as the 

 head; uniform brownish; length, eight inches. 

 I obtained this new species of flounder in Mack- 

 enzie's Arm, a tidal inlet continuous with Victoria 

 Harbour. 



Pleuroniclitliys gnttulatus (Gerard, in Proc. 

 Acad., Nat. Sc. PhiladeL, 1856, p. 137, and U. S. 

 Pacif. R. R. Expd., 'Fishes,' p. 152).% Cli.i 

 The height of the body is somewhat more than 

 one-half of the total length (with the caudal), the 

 length of the head one-fourth, and that of the 



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caudal one-fifth. The interorbital space is ex- 

 ceedingly narrow, and raised ridgelike ; snout 

 very blunt and short; mouth small, with the jaws 

 even. The dorsal commences above the anterior 

 part of the orbit, and terminates at a short dis- 

 tance from the caudal; its longest rays are on 

 and behind the middle of the fin. Scales, very 

 small, cycloid. The lateral line is slightly arched 



