2. The American Plaice or Tuibot Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus (L.) J- & G ^'° 



LIST OF PLATES. Vll 



Pape — 



The RaWnt-fisli, Laqocejihnhtis Icn-mtus (L.) Gill ■ ' 



Drawing by H.'l. Xodd Irum Ko. '^0757, U. S. National Mnseniu, coUccted at Newport, Ehode Island, by Hon. Samuel 

 PoweL 



37. The Trunk-fish or Cow-fish, 08()-arion (/(((K/ntwnis L ■ •- 1' 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21548, U. S. National Slnseum, collectid at Cbarlcston, South Caiolma, July, 18,8, by 

 C. O. Leslie. 



38. The TiiK!;cr-tish, UulUtes capriscua Gmelin '' 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 15233, V. S. National Museum, collected at New York by Mr. Sutbeilaud. 



39. The Sea Horse, Bippocampus hcpluf/oiitis Eaf -■ ■•- 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 3451, U. S. National Museum, conected at Old Point Comfort, Vir-in.a, by Commodore 



Farragut, TJ. S. N. 



1 74 



40. The Goose fish or Bellows-fish, Lopliius piscatoriits L - 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, fiom siiecimen collected in Tineyaid Sound. Massaclnis.tts. by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



41. The American Sole or " Hog Cholier," Achirus !ineaf«8 (L.) Cuv :''"."''' ^'*^ 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. I'JSSo, U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's HoU, Massachusetts, July 14, i8, 1, 

 by Vinal N. Edwards. 



(Upper.) Showing upper side of fish. 

 (Lower.) Showijig under side of fish. 



42. The America.^ i «..^- -■ - - „.,,_, t,- t-i j 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21279, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Arlington, Saint John s Eiver. 1 lor.da, 



1878, by G. Brown Goode. 



43 The Four-spotted Flounder, Paraliclitlnis ohlongus{Miich.) J. & G 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 1U730, U. S. National Museum, collected at W.md's HoU, Massarhu.'^etts, by Piolcssor 



S. F. Baird. .. ,„„ 



44. The Flatfish or Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectea amerieantia (Walb. ) Gill 



Drawing by H. L. Todd. 



183 



45 The Smooth Flounder, Pleuroiiectes glahcr (Storer) Gill 



Drawin" by U. L. Todd, from No. 5363, U. S. National Museum, collected at Salem, Miissachusetts, by C. I'utu in. 



° 184 



4G. The Starry Flounder, Pleuroveclea ateUatua Pallas •-■-• 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 24164, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at San Francisco, CaUfoi u.a, January 1880, 



by Professor D. S. Jordan. 



1S4 



47 The Arctic Flounder, Plearonecfea ghcialis Pallas V'-^'n 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27947, U. S. National Museum, collected at Kotzebue Sound, September 2, 1880, by DaU 

 and Bean. 



48 The Rough Limanda, Limanda asp^ra (Pallas) Beau 



Dr.awing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27944, U. S. National Museum, collected at Sitka, Alaska, 1880, by Dr. T. H. Bean. 



49 The Rusty Dah, Limanda ferrugiufu (Storer) Goode & Beau 1^"* 



Drawing by H.L.Todd, from No. 21020, U.S. National Museum, coUectcd at Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 4, 1877, 

 by U. S. Fish Commission. 



50. The California "Sole," Lfj)i(ioi)SP»a bilmrala (Ayres) Gill ^™ 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27602, U. S. National Museum, collected at Saint Paul's, Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1880, 

 by Dr. T. H. Bean. 



51 The San Francisco" Sole," Psp»ic;i%3 mdanostictua GiT^rd 1^6 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 24,107, U. S. National Museum, coUected at San Francisco, California, January, 1880, 

 by Professor D. S. Jordan. 



52 The Alaska Sand Dab, Hippoglossoides elassodon J. & G 188 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27938, U. S. National Museum, colUcted at Humboldt Harbor, Shumagms, Alaska, 

 July 19, 1880, by Dr. T. H. Bean. 



53. The Atherestes Flounder. Athn-eslhcs stomias J. &G •-- 188 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27186, U. S. National Museum, collected at Point Reyes, California, 1880, by Jordan 

 and Gilbert. 



54. The Halibut, Hippoglossua vulgaria Fleming 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 10439, U. S. National Museum, collected at Eastport, Maine, 1872, by U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



55. The Sand Dab, Hippoglosmidea platessoidcs (Fab.) Gill -•-•• 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21002, U. S. National Museum, collected at Le Have Bank, August 21, 1877. by U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



56. The Greenland Turbot, Plali/Homatichihtis hippoglossoides (Walb.) Goode & Bean 19^ 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from a specimen obtained in Fulton Maiket, New York. 



57. The Polo Flounder, Ghiptocephalus cynoglossm (L.) Gill 1-^8 



Drawing by H. L. Todd. 



58. The Codfish, Gadus monlina L 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No 10444, U. S. National Museum, coUected at Eastport. Maine, 1872, by U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 

 The Atlantic Tom Cod, ilicrogadm tomrod (Walb.) Gill -■^^ 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 17733, U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Hull, Massachusetts, December 23. 

 1875. by Vinal N. Edwards. 



