1 13. PLEURONECTID^ HIPPOGLOSSOIDES. 
825 
strongly cliflferentiated canines in either jaw. Eyes moderate, sepa- 
rated by a very narrow, sharp, scaly ridge. Gill -rakers very short, 
thick, few in number ; about 8 below angle, the longest less than one- 
half diameter of pupil. Scales rather small, very strongly ctenoid, those 
on blind side also rough; curve of lateral line rather low. Dorsal be- 
ginning in front of pupil, its anterior rays long and filiform, much ex- 
serted, the third ray half head; caudal short and rounded. If in head; 
ventral fin of colored side elongate, as long as pectoral, half length of 
head. Anal spine wanting. Head 3|; depth If. D. 70; A. 55; Lat. 1. 
about 85. South Atlantic and Gulf coasts; not common. 
{Ancylopselta quadroeellata Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1864, 2^4, uot Platessa 
qiiadrocellata Storer, which is also a species of Paralichthys : Pseudorhombus quadroceU 
latus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 370.) 
1271. P. ]ioleB>is Jor. &, Gilb. 
Color olive brown, mottled with darker; sometimes with very distinct 
round black blotches; vertical fins blotched with dark; pectoral of 
colored side with oblique bars. Body elliptical ovate, broad and com- 
pressed, its curves regular; mouth small, very oblique, the lower jaw 
included; maxillary reaching about to pupil, 2| in head; eyes rather 
large, 4^ in head, separated by a very narrow, blunt scaly ridge ; teeth 
small, conical, blunt, in a single row; those in lower jaw subequal, 
close-set; those upper jaw more distant, decreasing in size backwards; 
teeth Gill-rakers very short, broad, and strong, minutely ser- 
rate oil inner margin, about seven below angle, the longest scarcely 
one-fourth as long as the eye. Scales small, oblong, cycloid, the smaller 
accessory scales extremely numerous; branchial arches and skin of the 
shoulder girdle with small, cup-shaped, tubercular scales. Dorsal 
rather high, firm, low in front, highest near the middle of the body; 
caudal peduncle very short and deep, its depth 4 times its length. 
Pectoral of eyed side falcate, usually much longer than head, its length 
varying considerably. Anterior nostril of blind side with a long flap. 
Head 3f; depth If. D. 80; A. 62; Lat. 1. 123. L. 15 inches. Coast 
of Southern California; indifferently dextral or sinistral. 
(Xystreurys* liolepis Jordau & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 34.) 
455.— IIIPPOOL.OSSOIDES Gottscbe. 
{Psettichthys Girard: Pomatopsetta Gill.) 
(Gottscbe; Wiegraaun’s Arcbiv. 1835, 168: type Hippoglossoides limanda Gottscbe = 
Pleuroncctes platessoides Fabric! us.) 
Eyes and color on the right side (except sometimes in H. elassodon). 
* Jordan & Gilbert 1. c. : type X. liolcpis J. & G. {^vdrpov, raker; Evpvi, wide.) 
