332 FISHERY BI'LLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



Besides ffigging:, a method of capture employed New Orleans, La.)— Jordan and Gilbert, ibid., p. 617, 



in the Soutliem States for taking flounders espe- ^^"^^ (Charleston. S. C). -Jordan and Gii3ebt Bull. US. 



iiie oumufiii o.a.r ^ 1 ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ (description only refers to this 



cially. this species is taken m considerable quanti- ^^^^..^^ ^^^^ ^^^ synonymy nor distribution ) .-Bean, ibid., 



ties in haul seines, trammel nets, grill nets, and, to 27: -131, 1884 (Galveston, Tex. i.— Goode (in part). Fish, 



a lesser extent, in shrimp trawls. The floundei-s ind. U. S. See. l, p. 179, pi. 42, 18&4 (figure and part of 



taken %yith these tvpes of gear are mostly obtained account refer to this species). 



incidentally, while fishing for other species, or in P-"-, //,/„;,,.. ''"'o-^^'V'"'" Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. 

 . ^ U. S. Nat. Mus. 7: 237, 1884 (species established on de- 

 general fishing operations, scription of Jordan and Gilbert 1883. p. 822; no type 



The annual yield of this species, m round figures, specimen indicated).— Jordam, ibid., 9: 29, 1886 (Beau- 

 is 3,232.000 pounds worth $440,000 to the fisher- fort, N. C.).— Jordan and Goss, Kept. U. S. Comm. Fish., 

 man. These figures are obtained from the pub- 1880: 247, pi. 3, fig. 7. 1889 (part of synonymy and dis- 

 lished statistics of the Fish and Wildlife Service trilnition in error). -Smith. Bull. U. S. Fish. Conmi. 11: 

 , , ,. j.,^ 1 11 n XT .1 /-x 19(i and 200, 1893 (Edenton Bay and Roanoke River 

 under the heading of "flounder from ^ orth Caro- ^^ Plymouth, N. C.) .-Evermann and Kendall, ibid., 12 : 

 lina to Texas for the year 1945. The "flounder' no, i,s«,)4 ( Galveston. Dickinson Ba.vou and Corpus Christi, 

 catch of the Southern States consists chiefly of Tex.).— Henshai.i, ibid., 14: 220, 189.5 (Tampa, Fla.).— 

 ParaJichthyn lethostiqtna with a small admixture Evermann and Bean (in part, Rept. U. S. Comm. Fish., 

 of Paralichthys aJh!gvtta. except that the catch 1«'6: 24S. 189,s (.specimens from Indian River at Stuart 

 . ,^ ,, ^ ,.  ^. -■ 1 nno AAA 1 (raly, according to Evermann and Kendall 19(10).— Jordan 

 in ^orth Carolina, consisting of 1,203.0(W pounds, ^^^^ evermaxn. Bull. r. S. Nat. Mus. 47 (3) : 2(i.30, 1898 

 includes a considerable and unknown percentage ^^^^^ ^^ synonymy and distribution in error ) .—Ever- 

 of Paralichthys dentatvs. mann and Kendall, Rept. U. S. Comm. Fish. 1899: 96, 



Racial diferen fiat ion. —The number of gill 1900 (Tampa Bay, Fla.). 



rakers in the IJOpulation of Uthostigma on the Pxralirhm.,. ,,n,tnt.s Fowler (in part), Ann. Rept. 



, , . / ^ ,, 1 • 1 .ti New Jersev State Mus.. 190.5: pi. 87, 1906 (the figure 



Atlantic coast apparently averages higher than ^^.^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^p^,..^^^^,^ ^,^ ^^.^ 



that on the Gulf coast as shown below. Of the species, not tiie description). 



6 specimens having 11 gill rakers on the lower Paralichthys Icfhostigmus Smith, Fish. N. C, p. 388, 



limb, 5 came from North Carolina and Georgia 1907 (Avoca, Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River at 



and only 1 from Louisiana; although this char- Plymouth, N. C). 



■^ , . n • IT, • j: Paralichthys albiniittiis Hilderrand and Cable (in 



acter was determined m only 23 specimens from ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^^ j,.^^^ ^^^ ^„3_^„_j ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ gg_ 



the Atlantic coast as compared with 121 specimens ^(,3,^ (Beaufort, N. C. : fin ra.vs correctly indicated on 



from the Gulf coast. All specimens having 8 the figures, also part of account applies to this species), 



o-ill rakers came from the Gulf coast. The modes Paralichthys Icthostir/ma Norman (in part), Monogr. 



apparently are at 9 and 10 on the Gulf and Atlan- Fiatfi.shes, p. 74. fig. 40. 1934 (North Carolina : Charies- 



.^^ •' . , ton Harbor. S. C. : Florida: Biloxi Bay to Horn L, Miss.; 



tic coasts, respectively. ^^^ specimen recorded from Beaufort is an alhioutta, that 



out rakers on imrrr liwh ^^.^^^ Tobago probably a tropics) .—Gi^snvno. Jour. 



Number 8 9 10 11 Washington Acad. Sci. 26: 133, 1936 (general notes). 



North Carolina to Georgia frequencies 7 11 5 



Louisiana and Texas frequencies 7 60 53 1 PARALICHTHYS SQUAMILENTUS 



Chaowpsctta dctitata Gill (not Linnaeus), Proc. Acad. Broad flounder 



Nat Sci Philadelphia. 1864 : 218 (Charleston, S. C). ^ rn  n t  ^ i. 



.Nai. ^Li. r-nudue.in id. v ,0.,, „n-,Tj Cowmon »awi^.— This flounder IS a deep water 



Lophopsetta maculata \ arrow, ibid., 1877: 20o (Beau- .... „ 1 r. , 1 12 1 



fort, N. C. : judging by siz.e recorded and by description Species. living out of reach of the usual fishery op- 



of fishery proiiabiy relates to present species possibly erations for flounders hitherto pursued in the Gulf, 



including also dottatiis). For tiiis reason it is largely unknown to the fisher- 



Psei(f/o/;iom6M« oc(7/f;r(.<i Jordan and Gilbert (in part), men and failed to receive a popular name. The 



I'roc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1: 370, 1879 (Beaufort, N. C. : ac- ^^^^^.^ ^^^^^^^ -^ g^ egt^d ^S appropriate as a uni- 



cording to Jordan. 1886). x. ^1 • j;  i 



Pseudorhombus dentatus Jordan and Gilbert (in part), ^rm common name tor the species, referring to 



ibid. (North Carolina).— Oooue, ibid.. 2: 110. 1879 (St. its deep bofly. 



Johns River and St. Augustine, Fla,). — Goode and Bean Diagnosis. — Scales cycloid on both sides, 67 to 



(in part), ibid., p. 123. 1879 (South Carolina; Florida; gg Accessory scales in sparse numbers, appearing 



Texas). — Beian (in part), ibid., 3: 79, 1880. ■, ,  ^■ n m ^ i 1 j! -ii 1 R^^ 



„ ,. ^,^ ^ ' V ■, r. T, TT £. late in life. Total number of gill rakers on iirst 



Paralichthys dentatus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. "^ _ 



Nat. Mus. 3 : :j()2, l,sts2 ( I'ensacoia, Fla. ; Galveston, Texas ; arch usually 14 or 15, varying 13 to 16 ; upper limb 



