PLEURONECTIN.^i 



3f>i 



Attains to a length of 15 to 18 inches. 



nbassichthys, Jordan ; 

 balkybius, Gilbert]. 



Genus 22. 



nd Evermann, i89< 



EMBASSICHTHYS. 



, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xxi 



(1895), p. 506 [Cynicoglo. 



Apparently closely related to Microslomus, differing in having the teeth nearly 

 equally developed on both sides of jaws, with at least 7 teeth on ocular side of each jaw. 

 Dorsal with ill to 117 rays, commencing at a distance behind posterior nostril of 

 blind side nearly equal to diameter of eye ; anal with 96 to 98 rays ; dorsal and anal 

 fins densely covered with scales. Skin thick. Vertebrae 63 (14 -(- 49). 



A single species from the coast of California. 



I. EMBASSICHTHYS BATHYBIUS (Gilbert). 



Cynicoglossus bathybius, Gilbert, l8gi, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xiii, (i8go), p. 123. 



Embassichihys bathybius, Jordan and Evermann, 1896, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xxi, (1895), p. 506 ; 



Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2655 ; Townsend and Nichols, 



1925, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Hi (1), p. 17, pi. iv, fig. 3. 



Body oval, thin. Depth of body 2 to 2J in the length, length of head 4 to 4J. 

 Upper profile of head very abruptly angulated opposite hinder margin of pupil of upper 

 eye, the anterior half of the head conspicuously protruding beyond general outline. 



