354 



BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



279. Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres 



This flounder is widely (distributed. Ii takes the hook readily and was frequently taken over the 

 rail. It was also frequently seen in the salmon traps and many were seined. Seventy-eight specimens, 

 ranging in length from 2.2"> to 17 inches, were secured, being taken at Marrowstone Point: Cordova Bay; 

 Dundas Bay; FunterBay; HuntersBay; Ketchikan; Tongass Harbor; Sitka; New Morzhovoi; Akutan 

 Bay; Agattu [sland; Attn Island; Yakutat; Isanotski (Issannakh) Strait; Karluk; Unalaska; and stations 

 3598 i Bering Sea), -1193, 4212, 4219, 4262, 1268, 4269, 1272, -127:!. 1277, and 4278. 



*# 



'Mm 



\V ! 



 '->, 



&L W 



:  



' "&'■/ m-- ■■■' 



Fig. 137.— Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres). 



It. lias also been recorded (Bean L882) from Sitka; Port Mulgrave, Yakutat Bay; Chugachik Bay 

 and Port Chatham, Cook Inlet; St. Paul. Kodiak; Humboldt Harbor and Popoff Strait.-. Shumagins; 

 Ilinliuk and Nateekin Bay, Unalaska; Nazan Bay, Aika; Chichagof Harbor, Attn; St. Paul Island. 

 Gilbert (1895) took it abundantly at Unalaska and Chernofski harbors, at Herendeen Bay and Hage- 

 meister Island, andat 58 different stations in Bristol Bay. St. Paul Island, and station 3637, off St. George, 

 and Unalaska (Jordan & Gilbert 1899). Chignik Bay (Scofield 1899). 



N ^ 











-Limanda aspera (Pallas). 



m 



Fig. 138.- 



280. Limanda aspera (Pallas). 



Taken at Pyramid Harbor: Cordova Hay; Karta Bay; Yakuiai Bay; Shumagin Islands; and stations 

 3781 (off Kamchatka I and 4269. Five specimens preserved, ranging in length from 1.75 to 15 inches 

 The specimen from off Kamchatka is 15 inches long and agrees fairly well with curreni descriptions of 



