90 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Season in R. I.: Not unusual in deep water off southern Massachusetts 

 and Rhode Island, approaching the coast in winter. (Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1880, 471.) 



169. Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus). Summer Flounder; Flounder; Fluke. 

 Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast, Cape Cod to Florida. 



Migrations: They are found northward in 2 to 20 fathoms; in winter they 



move out into deeper water. 

 Season in R. I.: May to the end of October. More abundant in summer 



than the winter flounder. 

 Habitat: Sandy bottoms. 

 Food: Small fishes, especially butter-fish and scup, crsutacea, molluscs, 



squid, sand dollars. 



170. Paralichthys oblongus (Mitchill). Four-spotted Flounder; Flounder. 



Geog. Dist. : Coasts of New England and New York, inhabiting deeper 

 water than the other species of this genus. Common on the coast of Cape 

 Cod, rare in other places. 



Season in R. L: Common in May and June in the outside waters. Not 

 common in Narragansett Bay. Specimens were taken off the Rhode Island 

 coast by the Fish Hawk, in September, 1880, at a depth of 100 fathoms. 



Reproduction: Spawns in May. The eggs are buoyant, 1-26 inch in 

 diameter and hatch in 8 days in water of 51° to 56°F. 



Food: Crustacea, annelids, molluscs, small fishes. 



Size: Twelve inches. 



171. Limanda ferruginea (Storer). Rusty Flatfish. 

 Geog. Dist.: Atlantic coast, Labrador to New York. 

 Season in R. I. : Common through the year in deep water. 

 Food: Cru.stacea, molluscs, annelids, small fishes. 



172. P.seudopleiironectes americanu.s (Walbaum). Flatfish; Winter 



Flounder. 



Geog. Dist. : Atlantic coast, Labrador to Chesapeake Bay. 

 Migrations: Moves very little with change of season, but goes out into 

 somewhat deeper water during the hot'summer months. 



