town, where it was observed by Capt. Atwood and himself. The 

 species ranges north to Bucksport, Me. 



23. Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricms) Gill. Sand 

 Dab, Arctic Flounder. Flatessa dentatus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 

 1867, p. 197, pi. XXX, fig. 3. Hippoglossoides limandoides Goode & 

 Bean, Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, xvii, 1876, p. 39. A common species 

 in the deep waters of the bay, approaching the shores in winter. 



24. Pseudorhombus dentatus (Linnceus) Gilnther. Common 

 Flounder. Flatessa oblonga Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 201, 

 pi. xxxi, fig. 2. Storer states that this species occurs as far up the 

 Cape as Wellfleet. 



25. Pseudorhombus oblongus {Mitdiill) Gilnther. Four- 

 spotted Flounder, Flatessa quadrocellata Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 

 1867, p. 203, pi. xxxi, fig. 3. A single individual was tal^en at the 

 month of Salem Harbor, by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



26. Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming. Halibut. Hippoglossus 

 vulgaris Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 192, pi. xxx, fig. 1. Once 

 very abundant in Massachusetts Bay, but now found chiefly at a depth 

 of 100-250 fathoms in the slopes of the outer banks where they are 

 sought by about thirty Gloucester fishing schooners. Individuals are 

 occasionally taken near the shore. In 1875, one weighing about 200 

 pounds was caught by a dory fisherman off' Half-way Rock, Salem 

 Harbor, and one still larger in Gloucester Harbor in August, 1878. 



27. Platysomatichthys hippoglossoides {Walh.) Goode & 

 Bean. Turbot. Eeinhardtius hippoglossoides Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast, 

 N. America, 1861, p. 50; name of genus only. Flatysomatichthys pin- 

 giiis Bleeker, Verslagen en Mededelinger der Koninklijke Akademie 

 van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, xiii, 1862, p. 426. Hippoglossus grcen- 

 landicus Gilnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, p. 404. An arctic 

 species, frequently brought in by the halibut schooners. Its range 

 extends as far south as the gully between Le Have & Brown's Banks 

 and George's Banks. 



Sub-order JVGULABES. 

 Family MACRURID^. 



28. Macrurus Fabricii Sundeval. "Grenadier," "Rat-tail." 

 Macrurus rupestris Gilnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, p. 390. 

 An arctic deep-sea species which ranges as far south as George's 

 Banks and is caught in great quantities on the trawl lines of the fisher- 

 men. 



29. Macrurus Bairdii Goode & Bean. Baird's Grenadier. 

 Macrurus Bairdii Goode & Bean, Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, xiv, 1877, 

 pp. 471-473. A deep-sea species found in the deep waters of Massa- 



