438 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



onis; from station 2378, in 29° 14' 30" N. lat., 88° 09' 30" W.lon., at a dpptli of GS fathoms; 

 from station 2403, in 28° 42' 30" N. hit., 85° 29' W. Ion., at a depth of 88 fathoms; and 

 from station 2312, in 32° 54' N. lat., 77° 53' 30" W. h)u., at a depth of 88 fatlioms. 



HIPPOGLOSSOIDES, Gottsche. 



HippoiiJomotdes, Gottsche, Wiegmaiin's Archiv., 1835, 168. — (ii'iNTHKR, Oat. Fish. Brit, Mus., iv,40.5. — .TOR- 



II.4N aud Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 405. 

 Paettkhtln/s, Giuahd, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1854, 140. 

 Pomutopselta, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1864, 217. 



Dextral' pleuronectoids liaving tlie body oblong and somewhat compressed; nioutli 

 rather large, having a single row of sharjt teeth on each jaw, and sometimes an inner row 

 of small ones in the ui)per jaw; vomer and palatines toothless; gill rakers long and slender. 

 Scales ctenoid ; lateral line nearly straight, simple, or with accessory branch. Dorsal tin 

 low in front, beginning over or before the eye. Ventrals both lateral. Caudal double 

 truncate, produced. 



HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES, (Fabriciu.s), Gill. (Figure 367.) 



I'leiironecles pJalesKoielea, Fabricius, Fauna Grcenlaudica, 1780, 164 (excellent description). — "Vidensk. 



Selsk. Naturv. och Mathem. Afbaudl., i, 50, pi. ii, tig. '2." 

 Vitharue platessoictes, Reinhardt, ibid, vii, 1838, p. 130. — Kkoyek, in Gairaard, Voyage en Scandinavie, etc. 



pis. XXI (excellent figure). 

 Drepano (p) aiHu pUiiesaoides, Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. America, 1861,50. 

 Hippoglossoides phitensoides, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 1864, 217. — Godde and Bran, Cat. Fish. Fuses 



Co.,Mas8., 1879,7.— COLLETT,Norsk.Nordh.Exii.Fiske, 187,5, 145.— GooDK, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., iii,471.— 



GOnther, Challenger Report, xxii, 1887, 161. — Jordan and Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. N. M,.826. 

 Platessa lU.tilaia (not Pleuronecles deniattis, Mitchill), Storer, Rep. Fish. Mass. 1839, p. 143; Hist. Fish. Mass. 



1867, 197. pi. XXX, fig. 3. 

 Uippnglossoides dvntulux, GiLL, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A., 18(il,50. — Gi'nthkk, Cat. Fisli. Urit. Mus., i\, 1862. 



406. 

 Pomatopsetia dentaia, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1864, 217 (with def. ui PomaiopKeHa, 216). 



Hippoglossoides limandoides, GooDE and Bean, Amer. .lourn. Sci. and Arts, xvii, 1876, 39. 



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Body moderately elongate, its height two-fifths of its length. Head short, its length 

 3| in that of body. Mouth moderate, oblique; maxillary narrow, reaching to vertical fiom 

 middle of orbit, its length 2§ times in that of head. Teeth moderate, conical; in one row 

 in each jaw, those in the lower jaw largest. Eyes moderate, the upper one largest and 

 longer than snout. Lower jaw included. Lateral line nearly straight, simple, containing 

 about 90 pierced scales. Interorbital space narrow, with a raised, obtuse ridge, entirely 

 covered with rough scales; mandible scaly. Gill rakers short and lobust, smooth, about 10 

 below angle; the length of the longest less than one-third diameter of orbit. Fins covered 

 with small, rough scales. A strong pre-anal spine. Pectoral notipiite half as long as the 

 head. 



Radial fornmla : 1). 80-93; A. (i4-75. 



Color, ferruginous. 



This species is not unusual in deej) water off southern Massachusetts and Rhode 

 Island, approaching the coasts in winter. South of Spitzbergen and Bear Island it occurs at 

 depths of 120-220 fat lioins. The A Ibairos.s took it from station 2453, in 47° 10' N. lat., 51° 02' 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 82 fathoms; from station 2499, in 44° 46' 30" N. lat., 59° 65' 45" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of l.'^O fathoms; from station 2430, in 42° 58' 30" K. lat., 50^ 50' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 179 tathoms; from station 2498, in 44° 54' N. lat., 59° 40' 45" W. Ion., at a 

 depth of C5 ftithoms; from station 2431, in 43° N. lat., 50° 47' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 129 

 fathoms; from station 24.'52, in 47° 04' N. lat., 50° 48' W. Ion., at a depth of 89 fathoms; 

 from station 2461, in 45° 47' N. lat., 54° 13' 30" W. Ion., at a de|.th of .")9 fathoms; from 

 station 2455, in 47° 21' N. lat., 51° 38' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 81 fathoms; from station 



'lu H. ehtssodon reversed imiividuals Hoiuetinies are t'ouud. 



