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2. The Rough Dab. 



Lateral line straight; scales rough; 

 length 20 inches or less. 



II. MOUTH NOT LARGE, UNSYMMETRICAL, AND AT END OF SNOUT, 



3. The Rusty Fiat-Fish, 



Lateral line with arch in front. 



4. The Winter Flounder. 



Lateral line straight. 



III. MOUTH VERY SMALL, VERY UNSYMMETRICAL, THE SNOUT PRO- 

 JECTING BEYOND THE MOUTH. 



5. Tlie American Sole. 



Dusky olive in color, mottled, with 

 several dark vertical stripes; the 

 under side usually has a large 

 number of round, dark spots. 



5.— LEFT-SIDED SPECIES. 



I. VENTRAL FINS NOT ON THE RIDGE OF THE ABDOMEN; BODY OBLONG ; 



COLOR DARK. 



6. The Summer Flounder. 



Color olive brown, profusely mottled 

 with white, dark and ocellated 

 spots. 



7. The Four-Spotted Flounder. 



Color grayish, mottled with darker 

 spots; four large, oblong, black, 

 ocellated spots on posterior half 

 of body. 



