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necessary, and it is evident that to the " 7*. ojyhryas" lielong also the jirior 

 names dentatiis, mclanogasfer, and occlh(rifi. (den tat us, toothed.) 



Pleuronectes dentatus, Linn-^US, Syst. Nat., Ed. xn, 1, 458, 1760, aud of numerous copyists; 

 MiTCHiLL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. T. 1815, 390. 



Pleuronectes melanogaster, MiTCHU-L, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. T. 1815, 390, New York; 

 doubled example. 



riatessa ocellaris, De Eat, N. T. Fauna: Fishes, 300, pi. 47, fig. 152, 1842, New York. 



Pamlirhtlii/s ojihryas, Jordan i- Gilbert, Synopsis, 822, 1883, Charleston. 



riatessa dentata, Storee, Kept. Fish. Mass., 143, 1839. 



Pseiidorhombus dentatus, Goode i: Bean, Proc. V. S. Kat. Mus. 1879, 123. 



Paralichthys dentatus, GooDE, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Auini., 178, 1884, detailed account; in- 

 cludes P.lethosligma; Jordan, Cat. Fish. K. A., 134, 1885; -Jordan & Goss, Review 

 Flounders and Soles, 246, 1889. 



Pseudorhonihus ocellaris, GOnthek, Cat., iv, 430, 1862; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1878, 370. 



Ch(f.nopsetta ocellaris, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 218. 



Paralichthys ocellaris, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 617. 



2997. PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 

 (Southern Flounder.) 



Head 3J; depth 21. D. 85 to 92; A. 65 to 73; poms about 100. Body 

 ovate, more oi- less compressed and opaqm^; no distinct, detiiiitely placed 

 ocelli ; scales cycloid. Month wide, oblique, the mandible very heavy 

 and much projecting; 8 to 10 teeth on each side of the lower jaw, the 2 

 anterior teeth very long; anterior teeth of upper jaw strong, but smaller 

 than those in the lower jaw; the lateral teeth very small and close .set; 

 eyes small, .shorter than the snout, about 6 in head; interorbital space in 

 adult broad, llattish, and scaly, as wide as length of eye. Accessory 

 scales few; gill rakers 2 + 10, lanceolate, dentate, wide set, and much 

 shorter than the eye; caudal peduncle rather long; length of arch of 

 lateral line nearly A^ that of straight part. Color dusky olive, darker 

 than in P. dentatus, and Avith \ery few darker mottliugs or spots. This 

 species is the common large lioundcr of the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts 

 of the United States, ranging as far nortli as New York. It very closely 

 resembles Paralichthys dentatus, with which it has been repeatedly con- 

 founded. It is, however, sharply distinguished by the character of the 

 gill rakers. It is also always darker in color, and almost uniform, wliile 

 P. dentatus is usually profusely spotted. Its only tenable name is the 

 recent one, Paralichthyn lethostuimus. South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of 

 I Tnited States, north to New York. (/\/)0?/, forgetfulness; 6Tiyf.ca, s\^oi, 

 from the absence of spots.) 

 Platessa oblonya, De Kay, New York Fauna: Fishes, 299, pi. 48, fig. 156, 1812, New York, 



not Pleuronectes oblongus, Mitchill; Storek, Syn. Fish. N. A., 477, 1846. 

 Paralichthys lethostujma, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 237, Jacksonville, 



Florida; Jordan & Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 247, 1889. 

 Pseudorhoinbys oblongus, GiJNTHER, Cat., iv, 426, 1862. 

 Chcenopsetta dentata. Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. I'liila. 1864, 218. 

 Pseudorhombus (fen?a^^/«, GooDE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 110 ; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. 



S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 123. 

 Paraiic/it/(i/« de7i<o«Ms, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 302 ; Jordan & Gil- 

 bert, Proc. IJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 617 ; Bean, Cat. Coll. Fish, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 

 45 ; Jordan & Gilbekt, Syuopais, 822, 1883. 



