1 13. PLEUEONECTID.E PARALICHTHYS. 
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ocellaris Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1864, 218; Pleuronectes melanogaster Mitcliill, 
Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. (doubled example): Platessa oblonga Dekay, New 
York Fauna, Fish. 1842, 293, pi. 48, f. 156, not Pleuronectes oblongus Mitcli. ; Pseudo- 
rhombus oblougus Gunther, iv, 426; Pseudorhombus dentatus Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. 1879, 123.) 
1267. P. albigutta J. & G. 
Dark olive, mottled with dusky, and marked by numerous more or 
less distinct pale spots, which are sometimes obsolete. Body moder- 
ately elongate, elliptical; mouth large,, the maxillary reaching ])ast 
lower eye, its length half head; teeth rather strong, slender, about 7 
on each side of lower jaw ; 3 or 4 moderate canines in front of upper 
jaw; the lateral teeth being minute, close-set; interorbital space nar- 
row, scaled posteriorly, the upper ridge prominent behind upper orbit; 
eye 5^ in head. Gill-rakers broad, the longest 2| in eye; about 10 be- 
low angle. Fins low; anterior rays of dorsal not elevated nor ex.serted; 
the longest rays behind the middle, in head; caudal rounded, Bj in 
in head. Scales moderate, cycloid. Lateral line with a high curve, its 
lengths^- in straight part. Head 3^; de])th 2f. D. 77 (75 to 80); A. 
GO (59 to 01); Lat. 1. 90 (pores). South Atlantic and Gulf coast, rather 
common; readily distinguished from P. dentatvs^hj the smaller num- 
ber of fin rays. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mue. 1882.) 
126§. P. s«ia*a.aiiileHt«s .1. & G. 
Brownish; body and fins spotted with darker; caudal mottled with 
white ; pectorals banded, with dark spots. Body deep, strongly com- 
pressed; caudal peduncle very short. Head wide, the eyes large, wide 
apart. Mouth very large, oblique, the broad maxillary reaching well 
beyond pupil, its length more than halt the head. Lower jaw project- 
ing ; teeth few, unequal, in a single row, about 8 in each jaw canine- 
like. the two in front of lower jaw longest; lateral teeth ot uppei jaw 
minute. Interorbital space flat, scaly, nearly as broad as eye. Scales 
very small, smooth, adherent; curve of lateral line 4^ in straighi 
part. Gill-rakers short, 3 + 9 in number, triangular, roughly toothed, 
little higher than wide, the longest nearly half eye. Dorsal beginniikq 
over front of eye, the anterior rays 4J in head; pectoral short, shortei 
than maxillary. Anal spine obsolete. Caudal double-rounded. Head 
3 | . depth 2. D. 78; A. 59; Lat. 1. 123 (pores). West coast of Florkhi 
to South Carolina. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 
