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over it ; a few red splotches on body ; general body color is light 

 brown and red ; belly is light with small chocolate specks ; a dark- 

 colored stripe runs along each side near dorsal line, and a dark 

 horizontal stripe runs across each eyeball. 



Color of a specimen of H. jordani from Kiska Island : dirty olive 

 with several short, vertical, irregular dark bars near the dorsal 

 line ; lips are yellow ; belly is light. 



Hippoglossus stenolepis, the halibut, is fished on certain banks, 

 but it may be encountered anywhere among the islands (fig. 20). 

 It is the largest of the flounders and is said to reach a weight of 

 almost 400 pounds. We took a 100-pound fish off Bogoslof Island 

 in the deeper waters that it frequents. The halibut swims with its 

 right side up. 



Lebius superciliosus, the pogie, greenfish, or red rock trout, was 

 taken on seven islands (fig. 21). Color notes on one specimen: 

 general ground color of skin is black with greenish cast, covered 



Figure 20. — Halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, weighing approximately 100 

 pounds. Bogoslof Island, August 31, 1938. 



