512 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [May, 



PLEURONEOTIDiE. 

 Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus). ("Halibut.") 



Many years ago regularly fished for off Great Point. In April, 1904, 

 Mr, Burehell, while cod-fishing off the east end of the island, caught a 

 halibut on a codfish hook, but lost him. He estimated the fish, which 

 he saw, as weighing about 100 pounds. 



Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus). ("Plaice.") 



Very common on the bar in the summer of 1903. 



Paralichthys oblongus (Mitchill). (" Flounder.") 



Two or three taken in the pound early in May, 1904. 



Lophopsetta maculata (Mitchill). ("Flat Fish.") 

 Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaiun). (" Winter Flounder.") 



Fished for in the harbor in the late fall and early spring. 



LOPHIID^. 



LopMus piscatorius Linnaeus. (" Goose Fish." "Monk Fish.") 



About fifty seen at one time in the pound in the fall of 1903, and 

 appeared to average from 50 to 75 pounds apiece. 



