PLEUKONECTINyE 329 



with'i8°ravs"r?'h' 'T'n '! *° '* '" "'^* °* ^'^'^- P^'^'<== ^'"' ^ ^^V^- Caudal 

 produced Tn%'ri, It hN*'"T^'",°'" '^""We-truncate in young, outer rays a httle 



Pa^e hrown^.h ,■ '^^' Peduncle as long as deep or a little longer than deep. 



Tnd sometrme, with '°"V T.""^ '"egularly spotted and mottled with blackish, 

 and sometimes with a row of white spots at upper and lower edges of body. 



Type. — Not traced. 



SpTcrr Exrj;:f.^: '^°=^^* °^ ^'"^^^ ^'"^"'^^^ ^-- S^*^- '° ^-^--^ Barbara. 



Victoria Harbour, Russell. 



Vancouver Isd. 



Nanaimo, B.C. Clemens 



Puget Sound. u.S. Nai. Mus. 



Near Seattle. LLS^Nat, Mus. 



California. Wright. 



r, T^' Ayres. 



Pt. Reyes, Cal. Eigenmann. 



2 (170, 205 mm.), skins. Types of 



Pleuronectes diagrammus. 

 7 (185-290 mm.). 



1 (208 mm.). 



3 (116-138 mm.). 



2 (98, 115 ,, ). 

 r (77 mm.). 



3 (150-165 mm.). 

 3 (325-410 ,, ). 



Attains to a length of about 18 inches. 



Genus 16. LEPIDOPSETTA. 



'■'''t^^'^^'i^^^:.^%^^:^:'^i^:;;-^^^^^^ ■"«-"^- oirar^, . 



proSatfo7ofVX:tl^n%^"P^^*'''"P°^^^ ^^^"^^ °' '^*-^' '-■ -'^ ^ P-teHor 

 Two species from the North Pacific. 



Synopsis of the Species. 

 I. Depth 2 to 2i in length ; upper profile of head more or less concave ■ mucous 

 pores on head scarcely apparent ; 70 to 82 scales above lateraufne 



" ""m^i^co'* '° "•="'>; t-r '" '^"-"* ■ "PP- P^°fi'e of head nearly straight""'""'- 

 mucous pores on head prominent ; 86 to 90 scales above lateral line ° ' 



2. mochigarei. 



