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clouds; fius with dark spots, some of which form hars parallel with the 
rays; left side white, usually more or less mottled, sometimes barred. 
Form oval, the outlines regular. Eyes small, separated by a flattish 
space wider than eye. A concealed spine in front of npiier eye. Scales 
on nape and chin 3 or 4 times size of others. Fins moderate, scaly on 
both sides; caudal about as long as head. Head 34; depth If. 1). 
55; A. 41; V. 4; Lat. 1. 75. L. G inches. Atlantic coast, common from 
Cape Cod southward; ascending rivers. 
{I'leiironectes achinis L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i, 268: Pleuronectes lineatus L. Syst. Nat. 
ed. 12, i, 458: Achirus mollis Storer, Fish'. Mass. 400: Solea achirus Giiuther, iv, 476.) 
Subsp. browiii (Gthr.) .1. & G. 
Cross-bands broader, as broad as eye; left side immaculate. Gulf of 
Mexico and southward. 
(SoUa broicni Giiuther, iv, 477.) 
4G5.— APHORISTIA Kaup. 
(Kanp, Wieginann’s Archiv. 1858, 106: type Hrc/iirus ornahts Lac^pede.) 
Eyes and color on the left side. Body elongate, lanceolate in out- 
line, rounded forward, tapering to a point behind, strongly compressed. 
Mouth small, iinsymmetrical, twisted toward the colored side; teeth 
small ; eyes very small, close together ; snout short, not produced, 
with a hook ; lips conspicuous, not evidently fringed ; one nostril pres- 
ent, with a slight barbel, just before lower eye. Scales ctenoid, of mod- 
erate size, covering the whole body nearly uniformly; edge of preop- 
ercle covered by the scales; no lateral line on either side. Dorsal tin 
low, beginning just behind the snout, continent with the anal around 
the tail; pectoral tins obsolete; ventral tin of colored side only pres- 
ent, not continuous with the anal. Gill-openings very narrow. Warm 
seas, (rj-ffopia^ a dearth; a limb.) 
1300. A. ati’icauda .lor, & Gilh. 
Olivaceous, with very distinct dark streaks along the rows of scales, 
and with numerous vertical half-bars; those above lateral line alter- 
nating with those below, anteriorly, nearly meeting them behind; ver- 
tical fius black posteriorly. Body oblong-lanceolate, comparatively 
slender, not very blunt anteriorly. Mouth reaching to opposite the 
eye; lips large; teeth small, present on both sides. Scales small, much 
smaller on the head; those on blind side similar. Dorsal beginning on 
the head; ventral well separated from anal. Head 5^; depth 3^. D. 
100; A. 80; Lat. 1. 105. L. 5 inches. San Diego, Cal. 
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 23.) 
