PLEURONECTIN^ 339 



just behind posterior nostril of blind side and above anterior part of eye ; most of 

 the rays scaled, at least on ocular side ; highest rays 2 to 2| in length of head. Anal 

 58-63. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 to 12 rays (5 to 7 branched) ; rays not scaled ; 

 length 2 to 2^ in that of head. Pelvics with 6 rays. Caudal with 18 rays (12 branched), 

 rounded or double-truncate ; caudal peduncle i| to if times as deep as long. 

 Intestine with 3 or 4 irregular coils ; 3 + i rather long pyloric appendages. Reddish 

 brown, generally with numerous darker spots and blotches on body and fins, especially 

 in the young ; blind side lemon yellow, with bright yellow areas at upper and lower 

 edges of body. 



Fig. 249. — Limanda fcrruginea. B.M. (N.H.) 1923 . 12 . 18 . 1. X i. 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Atlantic coast of North America, from Labrador to New York. 



Specimens Examined : 



1 (280 mm.). Halifax, Nova Scotia. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



2 (95, 127 mm.). Off Cape Ann. ,, 

 I (360 mm.). Massachussetts Bay. Wright. 



r (210 ,, ). Off New York. .\mer. .Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Goode and Bean have suggested that northern examples may represent a distinct 

 subspecies (rostrata), distinguished by the lower number of dorsal and anal rays, 

 and by the blunter, more prominent snout. 



5. LIMANDA PUNCTATISSIMA (Steindachner). 



Hippoglossoides {Hippoglossina) punclatissima, Steindachner, 1879, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 



Ixxx, Abt. I, p. 167. 

 Limanda iridorum, Jordan and Starks, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, p. 206, fig. 14 ; Pavlenko, 



1910, Trudui Obshch. Kazan, xhi, p. 57 ; Snyder, 1912, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlii, p. 440 ; 



Jordan, Tanaka and Snyder, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, xxxiii (i), p. 327, fig. 276; Hubbs, 



1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlviii, p. 484 ; Soldatov and Lindberg, 1930, Bull. Pac. Sci. Fish. 



Inst., V, p. 403: Schmidt, 1931, C.R. Acad. Sci. Russ., p. 317: Rendahl, 1931, .\rk. Zool,, 



xxii, No. 18, p. 73. 

 Limatida punclatissima, Jordan and Hubbs, 1925, Mem. Carnegie Mus., x, p. 299. 



Depth of body 2 to 2 J in the length, length of head 3 to 3 J. Snout produced; 

 upper profile of head distinctly notched above anterior margins of eyes. Snout 

 with a prominent projection formed by the ascending processes of the prEemaxillaries, 



