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caudal fin double truncate, or double concave, its middle rays pro- 

 duced; no anal spine. 



3. Paralichthys dentatus. The Summer Flounder. 



Head contained 3^ to 4 in body; depth 2 2-5; caudal \\. D. 86- 

 91; A. 65-71; lateral line 108 (tubes). Body ovate; maxillary 

 reaching past posterior margin of eye; mouth large, oblique, the 

 gape curved. Canines large, conical, wide set; gill rakers compara- 

 tively long and slender, longest two-thirds eye, 5 -|- 15 to 6 -f 18 in 

 number; interorbital area a rather flattish ridge, in the adult about 

 equal to vertical diameter of eye, narrower in the young, forming a 

 bony ridge; scales cycloid, each with numerous small accessory 

 scales; vertebrse 11 + 30. Color in life, light olive brown; adults 

 were veiy numerous, small white spots on body and vertical fins; 

 sometimes a series of larger white spots along basis of dorsal and 

 anal fins; about 14 ocellated dark spots on side, these sometimes 

 little conspicuous, but always present; a series of four or five along 

 base of dorsal, and three or four along base of anal, those of the two 

 series opposite, and forming pairs; two pairs of smaller less distinct 

 spots midway between these basal series and the lateral line 

 anteriorly, with a small one on lateral line in the center between 

 them; a large distinct spot on lateral line behind middle of straight 

 portion; fins without the round dark blotches. 



4. Paralichthys oblongus. Four-spotted Flounder. 



Head contained four times its body; depth 2^ of body. D. 72; 

 A. 60; Scales 93. Body comparatively elongate, strongly com- 

 pressed. Eyes large, nearly four in head, separated by a prominent, 

 narrow, sharp ridge. Upper jaw with very numerous small, close- 

 set teeth laterally, and four or five canines in front; the lateral teeth 

 abruptly smaller than the anterior; each side of lower jaw with 

 seven to ten teeth. Chin prominent. Maxillary narrow, reaching 

 past middle of pupil, 2\ in length of head. Gape curved; gill rakers 

 short and toothed behind, 2 + 8. Scales weakly ctenoid or cycloid. 



