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FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



Hippoglnssoidcs (Kopsella) jordatu. Jordan and Goss, 1SS7, Kep. U.S. Co 



F.opsctla jorJant, Jord.nn and Goss, 1880, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xi' 

 Kvcrniann, l.S.i.S. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. -613 ; Ever 

 Hull. U.S. Hur. Fish., xxvi, (iqof)), p. 352 ; Starks and Morris 

 iii (11). p. 242 ; Starks, loiS. Calif. Fish Game, iv (4), p. 6, fig. 



), p. 239 ; Jordan and 

 nd Goldsborough, 1007, 

 Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., 



Depth of body 2j to 2f in the length, length of head 3 to 3^. Snout a.s long as or 

 shorter than eye, diameter of which is 4J to ji in length of head and about 4 times 

 the interorbital width ; anterior margins of eyes level or lower very slightly in advance 

 of iipju'r, which is ver\' close to edge of head. -Maxillary e.xtending to below middle 



of eye or a little beyond, length about 2| in that of head ; lower jaw scarcely projecting, 

 2 to 2 J in head. 15 to 17 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 93 to 100 scales 

 in lateral line, 45 to 52 between lateral line and middle of back. Lateral line nearly 

 straight or with a very low curve above pectoral fin. Dorsal 89-95. Anal 70-75. 

 Pectoral of ocular side with 13 rays (8 to 10 branched), length i J to 2 in that of head. 

 Caudal with 19 or 20 rays (14 or 15 branched), rounded or double-truncate ; caudal 

 peduncle a little deeper than long. More or less uniformly brownish ; young often 

 with whitish spots on body ; dorsal and anal fins sometimes clouded with darker. 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Pacific coast of North America, from Puget Sound to Monterey. 



Specimens Examined : 



Vaguma Bay, Oregon. 



Off Central California, 37 fii 



Coast of California. 



rt. Reyesi Cal. 



Monterey, Cal. 



Brethcrto 

 U.S. Nat. 

 .\yres. 

 Gerrard. 

 Eigenmar 



This species is said to attain to a length of 20 inches and a weight of 6 to 8 pounds. 



