113. PLEURONECTID JE HIPPOGLOSSOIDES. 
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on blind side similar, mostly smooth anteriorly. Anal preceded by a 
spine; caudal long; pectoral of eyed side half length of head; ventral 
reaching past front of anal; pectoral and ventral of eyed side with 
prickle-like scales. Head 3 ^-, depth 2^. D. 77-84; A. 50-04; V. 6; 
scales 45-100-40. L. 18 inches. Body sometimes sinistral. Puget 
Sound to Alaska ; rather common. Very closely allied to the preceding 
species. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 278.) 
aa. Upper jaw with 2 rows of teeth, 
c. Scales small, firm. 
1274. 11. Lockington. 
Olive brown, nearly uniform; membrane of dorsal and anal fins 
clouded with darker. Body broadly elliptical. Dorsal and ventral 
outline equally and regularly curved. Mouth oblique, the jaws about 
even, the symphyseal knob but little projecting; gape curved; maxil- 
lary broad, reaching to behind pupil, 2| in head; teeth in 2 series in 
the upper jaw, the inner series small and distant from the outer, which 
is considerably enlarged in front; lower jaw with a single series similar 
to the outer series in the upper jaw, but larger. Gill-rakers roughisb, 
strong, about 15 l)elow angle, the longest about half as long as eye. 
Lower pharyngeals rather narrow, each with a single row of sharp 
teeth. Eyes large; interorbital space a narrow, blunt, scaly ridge. 
Dorsal beginning over anterior margin of pupil, the rays all simple; 
caudal fin with the middle rays slightly j)roduced ; anal preceded by a 
spine; pectoral half length of head. Scales of colored side small, firm, 
strongly ciliated, nearly uniform over head and body; lower jaw and 
snout scaleless ; scales on blind side smooth. Dead 3^- ; dei)th 2 J. D. 
94; A. 72; Lat. 1. 90. L. 20 inches. Point Concepcion to Puget Sound; 
abundant; an important food-fish. 
(Lockington, Scientific Press Supplement, April, 1879, i, 20; Lockington, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 73.) 
cc. Scales rather large, thin, and deciduous. 
1275. II. exiBas Jor. &. Gilh. 
Pale olivaceous brown, with dark points, forming edgings on each 
scale; bronze spots sometimes present; fins mostly dusky; dorsal and 
anal edged anteriorly with yellowish; ventrals largely yellow. Body 
slender, compressed, the flesh soft; mouth not large, very oblique, the 
gape curved; lower jaw scarcely projecting, with a knob at symphysis; 
naixillary rather narrow, reaching middle of puiiil, 2| in length of 
