194 LONG FLOUNDER. 



that of the Comrnon Sole; scales rather large, but mostly 

 denuded; lateral line straight. The dorsal fin begins close 

 above the eye, with low rays; anal beginning below the root 

 of the pectoral, and both end opposite each other, a short 

 distance from the tail, and not much expanded in their 

 course. Pectoral fiii narrow, the one below smallest. Ventrals 

 small, about midway between the throat and anal fin; the tail 

 broadly lancet-shaped. On the cheeks of the blind side the 

 scales are curiously arranged in separate small ovals. The 

 dorsal fin has about one hundred and twenty rays, anal 

 ninety-four, caudal twenty-six. 



