FLATFISHES (HETKROSOMATA) 



Cjerius 9- 



PSKTTICHTHVS. 



PsetlicMhys, 

 Girard] 



r.irard, 1854, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., vii, 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mu 



[.JO [Pscllichlhvs 

 Ivii (3), p. ^617. 



Related to Hippoglossoides, but eyes separatetl by a nearly flat, scaled space of 

 moderate width : a single series of teeth in each jaw, with a few rather strong canines 

 anteriorly. Lower pharyngeals each with a row of sharp, curved teeth, and with 

 traces of a second row of smaller teeth outside. Dorsal fin commencing above posterior 

 nostril of blind side and in front of eye ; anterior rays a little prolonged, more or less 

 free from membrane ; rays of dorsal and anal fins more or less scaled on both .sides. 

 Middle rays of pectoral fin branched. Scales small, adherent, mostly ctenoid on 

 ocular side, cycloid on blind side. Lateral line rising a little above pectoral fin ; a 

 supratemporal branch present, with long posterior prolongation. Vertebrae 40 

 (II + ^9). 



.■\ single species from the Pacific coast of North .\merica. 



PSETTICHTHYS MELANOSTICTUS. Girard. 



[Spotted Flounder ; " Sole ".] 



cttichthvs imlaiimltclus. Girard, 1854, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 

 U.S. Pacif. R. R. Survey, .\, Fishes, p. 154 ; Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fis 

 l38o, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., ii, (1879), p. 76 ; Jordan and Gilbert, : 

 iii, (18S0), p. 453 ; Jordan and Gilbert, 1882, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



i, p. 140 ; Girard, 1858 

 iv, p. 420 ; Lockington 

 ii, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 

 s., iv, (1881), p. 67 ; Jordan 

 1884, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. (Fisheries Fish. Indust. U.S., i), p. 186, pi. li ; Jordan and Goss, 

 i88g. Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 241, pi. ii, fig. 6 ; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, 

 Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2618, pi. ccclxxiii, fig. 921 ; Evermann and Goldsborough 

 1907, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., xxvi, (1906), p. 353, fig. 135 ; Starks, 1918, Calif. Fish Game, iv (4) 

 p. 7, fiR. 86. 

 HtppoglossotJes melniwsliclus, Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus.. xvi, p. 828. 



liepth of body 2 J to 2 1 in the length, length of head 3 J to 3I. Snout longer than 

 eye, <liamcter of which is 6 to 8 in length of head and ij times to twice the interorbital 

 width ; anterior margins of eyes level or lower a little in advance of upper, which is 



