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region little developed; those of blind side reduced; no teeth on right 

 side of either jaw; accessory lateral line long, \ length of body; anal* 

 spine small; pectorals about \ length of head; ventrals rather short; 

 caudal peduncle much deejier than long; caudal large, nearly as long as 

 head. Brown, with numerous pale-bluish blotches in life, theso disappear- 

 ing in spirits ; blind side white, with a strong tinge of yellow aloug profile 

 of head ; fins plain, sometimes with black specks. Coast of California and 

 southward, Cape Mendocino to Magdalena Bay. This species is one of the 

 most abundant in the shore waters of the California coast. It is a food- 

 fish of fair quality, {gidtulatus, with small spots.) 



rieuroniehthijs guttnlatus, GiRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1856, 137, Tomales Bay, Cali- 

 fornia (Coll. E. Samuel.s) ; Girard, Journ. Boston See. Nat, Hist. 1857, pi. 25, ti^.s. 1-4 : 

 .GiRARD, IT. S. Pac. R. R. Surv., X, Fishes, 152, 1858; Lockington, Rep. Com. Fisheries 

 California, 1878-79, 44; Lockington, Proc. Ij. S. Nat, Mas. 1879,94. 



Parophrys ayresi, Gunther, Cat., iv, 1862, 457, San Francisco. (Coll. Dr. W. O. Ayres.) 



Pleuronectes yuttulatus, Gunther, Cat, iv, 445, 1862. 



Hypsopsetta guttulala, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 195; Jordan t*; Gilbert, Proc. 

 TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 453 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 68 ; Jordan i- 

 Gilbert, Synopsis, 830, 1883; Jordan, Nat. Hist. Aquat, Auiin., 185, 1884; Jordan 

 &. Goss, Review of Flounders and Soles, 283, 1889. 



103 1. PAROPHRYS, Girard. 



Parophrys, GlRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 139 {rctuhts). 



Body rather elongate, covered with small, cycloid scales; scales of tlie 

 head roughish. Head rather pointed; mouth small, the teeth uuiserial, 

 all more or less blunt, compressed, incisor-like, close set. Lateral liiu^ 

 with an accessory dorsal branch; upp(>r eye on median line of top of he;i<l. 

 A single species, on the Pacific coast of America. The narrow interorbital 

 space and the vertical range of the upper eye give it .a peculiar jihysiog- 

 nomy, but in most regards it is not very difi'erent from some of the species 

 of Pleuronectes. {-Jtapa, near; 6<l>pv';, eyebrow, from the narrow inter- 

 bital.) 



3009, PAROPHRYS TETULUS, Gir.-ird. 



HeadSi; depth 2A; eye 4i in head. D. 74 to 86; A. 54 to 68; scales 105 (tJibes). 

 Body elongate-elli]»tical; snout very prominent, much protruding, forming 

 an abrupt angle Avith the descending jirofile; depth of head opposite mid- 

 dle of upper eye about equaling distance from middle of orbit to snout; 

 eyes large, separated by a very narrow, high ridge, the upper with vertical 

 range; mouth very small; maxillary not reaching pupil; teeth trenchant, 

 small, and rather narrow, widened at tip, about 45 teeth on left side of 

 lower jaw; few teeth on right side of lower jaw. Accessory lateral line 

 long. Pectoral about A length of head; caudal trnncate, 1^ in head; fin 

 rays entirely scaleless; scales on body all cycloid, those on clieeks often 

 slightly ciliated. Uniform light olive brown ; the young somewhat spotted 

 with blackish. Pacific coast of North America, Sitka to Santa Barl>ara. 

 This small flounder lives in waters of moderate depth. It is, next to 

 Platichthys steUatus, probablj^ the most abundant of the flounders of the 

 California coast, (vetulus, an old man.) 



