1 13. PLEURONECTID.^: PAR ALICHTH YS. 
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evenly imbricated; lateral line very prominent. Dorsal fin beginning 
just beliind the middle of the eye; caudal peduncle nearly as long as 
the pectoral fin, about two-fifths the length of the head. Head 3|; 
depth 3^. D. 103; A. 86; Lat. 1. 135. San Francisco to Alaska, in 
deep water; reaching a length of 2 feet. 
(riatysomatichthys siomias Jordan Sl Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1830,301.) 
454.— PAKALICIITHYS Girard. 
{Pseudorhombus Bleeker: Ancylopseita, Chcenopselia, and Uropsetta Gill: Xystreurys 
J. & G: Hijypoylossina Steindacbner.) 
(Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. Fish. 1858, 14G: type Faralichthys maciilosus Girard.) 
Eyes and color on the left side (except in Paralichthys macuJosus and , 
Paralichthys Uolepis, reversed examples of which species are about as 
common as sinistral ones). Body oblong; mouth large, oblique; each 
jaw with a single row of usually slender and sharp teeth, which are 
more or less enlarged anteriorly; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Gill- 
rakers various. Scales small, ctenoid or cycloid; lateral line simple, 
with a strong curve anteriorly. Dorsal fin beginning above or before 
the eye; both ventrals lateral; caudal fin double truncate, or double 
concave, its middle rays produced ; no anal spine. Species numerous, 
found in all warm seas. parallel ; fish.) 
1264. P. (Ayres) J. G. — Monterey halibut ; Bastard halibut. 
Grayish brown, uniform, or mottled with blackish and pale, the head 
sometimes sprinkled with black dots ; young brownish, with bluish 
spots. Body rather long and thickish; head small; eye small, little 
wider than the broad, flatfish interorbital space; maxillary as long as 
pectoral, half length of head, reaching beyond eye ; teeth slender, sharp, 
rather long, the canines moderate. Scales small, finely ciliate, each 
scale surrounded by narrow, accessory scales ; scales on blind side simi- 
lar; fins with ctenoid scales. Dorsal low, beginning over front of upper 
eye. Gill-rakers very long and slender, numerous, as lo7)g as eye, 23 
below the angle. Lower pharyngeals narrow, with small, slender teeth. 
Anal si)iue small, concealed. Head 3| to ; depth 2|. D. 70; A. 55; 
Lat. 1. 100. Body indifferently dextral or sinistral. Coast of California ; 
abundant southward; an important food-fish, reaching a weight of 60 
l)ounds. 
{Paralichthys maculosus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1854, 147, young (not 
Bhombus maculosus Cuvier, vbicli is also a species of Paralichthys): J’aralichihys macu- 
losus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. Fish. 147 : Paralichthys maculosus Gunther, iv, 431 : 
Hippoglossus californicus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1859, iiO: Paralichthys macu- 
losus and Uropsetta californica Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 18G4, 197 : Pseudorhombus 
californicus Giiuther, iv, 4‘2G.) 
