Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 2641 



Parophnjs vetulus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 140, California ; GiJNTHER, Cat., 

 IV, 455, 1862 ; LocKiNGTON, Eep. Com. Fisli. Cal. 1878-79, 45 ; Lockinc.ton, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1879, 100 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 453 ; Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Proc. F.S.Nat. Mus. 1881,68; Jordan, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 185, 1884; Jordan <fe 

 Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 284, 1889. 



Plexironeetes digrammus, GOnther, Cat., iv, 445, 1862, Victoria. (Coll. Earl Rnssell.) 



Parophrys hiihhardi, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 281, San Francisco. 



Pleuronectet vetulus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 831, 1883. 



1032. INOPSETTA, Jordan & Goss. 



Inopsetta, Jordan & Goss, in Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 136, 1885 (ischyrug). 



This genns resembles Parophrys, differing chiefly in having the scales 

 less imbricated, all strongly ctenoid, and having the eyes both lateral, the 

 snout much less acute than iu Parophrys. A single species, closely allied 

 to Platichthya stellatus, but separated from it by the curious character 

 common to many of our Pacific coast flounders, of having an accessory 

 branch to the lateral lino, (i'g, strength; ipi/rra, flouudcr.) 



3010. INOPSETTA ISCHYRA (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 3}; depth 2. D. 70 to 76; A. 52 to 57; V. 6; scales 85. Body 

 oblong, robust; caudal peduncle rather long; snout projecting, forming an 

 angle vfith the profile ; mouth oblique, the chin projecting ; teeth j^^, nar- 

 rowly incisor-like, bluntish, in a single, rather close-set series; maxillary 

 reaching past front of oibit, 5| in head; eyes large; interorbital space 

 rather broad, scaly, continuous with a ridge above opercle ; head mostly 

 covered with scales like those of the body, but smaller and rougher; gill 

 rakers feeble; lower pharyngeals each with 2 rows of coarse, blunt teeth; 

 scales thick and firm, adherent, not closely imbricated, those in front well 

 apart; all the scales strongly ctenoid; blind side with similar scales, 

 almost as strongly ctenoid ; vertical fins mostly scaly ; lateral line con- 

 spicuous, its scales less rough than the others ; a distinct short accessory 

 lateral line on both sides, extending to about the tenth dorsal ray, less 

 than '^ head; a series of pores around lower eye behind; dorsal beginning 

 over pupil, its anterior rays low, its highest rays nearly i length of head; 

 caudal large, double truncate ; pectoral of right side about l head. Light 

 olive-brown, vaguely clouded with light and dark; fins reddish brown; 

 a few roundish dusky blotches on dorsal and anal; pectoi'al and caudal 

 tipped with dusky ; blind side white, immaculate, or with small, nmnd 

 rusty spots; left side of head sometimes rustj- tinged. Puget Sound. 

 This species is known only from 4 specimens taken by Dr. .Jordan at 

 Seattle in 1880. It is a large, rough flounder, with firm, white flesh. 

 {idxvpoc,, robust.) 



Parophrys ischyrus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 276 and 453, Puget 

 Sound (Coll. Dr. Jordan) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 67 ; Jordan, 

 Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 185, 1884. 



PUuronectes ischyrus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 832, 1883. 



/nopsertaisc/tj/m, Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 136, 1885; Jordan .fc Goss, Review Flounders 

 and Soles, 284, 1889. 



