352 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The' halibut has been recorded i Bean 1880) from Port Althorp; Chugachik, Cook Inlet; off 

 Marmot Bland, and St. Paul. Kodiak. Bean I 1882), Unalaska: St. Michael and Sitka as Eippoglossus 

 vulgaris. Gilbert i 1 S95 >, from all the Cod Banks and at stations 3218. 3230, 3238, and 3239. Turner 

 (1886), St. Michael and Attu as Hippoglossus vulgaris. Jordan & Gilbert (1899), St. Paul, Unga, 

 Unalaska. and Karluk. Seofield (1899), Chignik Bay. 



272. Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert). 



The collection contains 48 specimens 2.5 to 9.25 inches long, collected at stations 2870,4191,4194, 

 4197, 4223, 422(3, and near Seattle. It was also seen or taken at stations 4219. 4223. 4233, 4243. 4250. All 

 of these stations are off southeastern Alaska or British Columbia. The species was not seen north of 

 Wrangell. 



273. Eopsetta jordani (I.oekington). 



The collection contains two examples, no. 2097, a specimen 19 inches long collected at hydrographic 

 station 3373 off Alaska, 1893, N. 54° 51', W. 164°. 27'; and no. 2106, a specimen 16.5 inches long collected 

 off Cape Flattery, no date. 



The species is recorded from Unalaska (Townsend 1887 ) as Iltppoglossohks Jordan i. 



274. Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert. 



We have 91 specimens varying from 2 to 15 inches in length and dredged at the following stations: 

 2870, 34G0. 3G00, 4214, 4215, 4218 to 4220, 4223, 4226, 4234, 4243. 4254, 4255, 4268 to 4272. 4274, 427:.. 1278, 

 42S0. 42S1 I.. 4283. 1285 to 4288. 4292, 4295, and 4296. These stations extend from off Port Townsend 

 (4214) to Bering Sea. 





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Fig. 134.— nippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert. 



The species was also seen at stations 4224, 4233, 4242, 1248, 4249, 4250, and 4256. 



The following is a color note on a specimen dredged at station 4244 : Light rusty or grayish, with a few 

 blackish blotches, 1 at base of caudal peduncle plainest ; (ins light, much blotched with black; anal G5. 



The young are much slenderer than large examples; one specimen 3.25 inches long had a depth "f 

 3.75 in length. This species has the nostril in a somewhat conspicuous tube. In a specimen from stal ii in 

 422:; the scales are smooth, not rough on middle of eyed side. In this character there seem to be consid- 

 erable differences, though not any constant enough to make different species. 



//. elassodem has also been recorded (Bean 1882) from St. Paul. Kodiak; Humboldt Harbor, Shu- 

 magins; Iliuliuk; Unalaska; and St. Michael. Gilbert I 1895), from many stations north and south of 

 the Aleutian Islands and in Bristol Bay. Jordan & Gilbert ( L899), off Karluk. 



