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was very abundant at one time in Massachusetts Bay, but is now found chiefly in 

 depths of ICO to 250 fathoms in the slopes of the outer banks. In August, 1878, a 

 Hahbut weighing over 200 pounds was caught in Gloucester Harbor. 



144. Rough Dab yHippoglossoidcs platcssoidcs Fabricus). 



Platessa daitafa DeKay, N. Y, Faufta, Fish., 298, 1842, New York markets. 

 Hippoglossflidcs platessoides Goode, Fish &: Fish. Ind. U. S., I, 197, pi. 55, 1884; Jordan 



& EvERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mas., Ill, 2614, 1898; IV, ]:il. CCCLXXII, 



fig. 919, 1900. 



Reddish brown, nearly plain. North Atlantic ; abundant northward on both 

 coasts. 



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ROUGH DAB. 



DeKay describes this Flounder under the name of the Toothed Flatfish. He 

 said it was extremely common in New York markets, where it is called the Summer 

 Flounder, and that it grows to the length of 25 inches. It is a rather common food 

 fish of the deep waters northward on both sides of the North Atlantic, ranging 

 habitually south to Cape Cod and the coasts of England and Scandinavia. At 

 Woods Hole it is sometimes called Sand Dab and Rusty Flounder. Dr. Smith says 

 it is not common there, but is found some years in winter in inshore waters adjacent 

 to Woods Hole ; sjiecimens have been taken in February on lines. One year some 

 were caught in a fyke net in Great Harbor. In Massachusetts Bay it is a common 

 species in the deep waters, approaching the shores in winter. 



