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FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



l-iopsella glabra, t'.iU. 1864. '""■■ "'■• P- ^17- 



I'Uuranecles glabcr, (lill, 1873, Kep. U.S. Com. Fish., i, (1871-.:), p. 704 : Goode and Bean, 1'. 



Anier. J. Sci. Arts, (3) xiv, p. 476 ; Goode and Bean, 1879, Amer. J. Sci. Arts, (3) xvii, p. 



Bean, 1S79, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., i, (1878), p. 347 ; Jordan and Gilbert. 1883. Bull. U.S. 1 



Mus., xvi, p. S36; Goode, 1884, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim. (Fisheries Fish. Indust. U.S., i) 



183, pi. xlv. 

 Lwpsftta putnami, Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. ::04, pl. vii, fig. 



Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus.. xlvii (3), p. zh^o. pl. ccclxxx, fig. 9 



Huntsman, 1922, Contr. Canad. Biol.. 1921. No. 3, p. 22 ; BiRelou- and Welsh. 1925. Bull. 1 



Bur. Fish., xl (i), (1924), p. 509, fig. 262. 



pharyngeals 



Close to L. glacialis- Depth of body 1 ,Vi to 2! in the length, length of head jj 

 to 3;. Snout a little longer than eye. diameter of which is 6J to 7J in length of head ; 

 interorbital ndge scaled {^) or naked ($). Length of maxillary on ocular side 4 to 4J, 

 on blind side 3? to nearly 4 in that of head. Lower pharyngeals broader, width 

 2 to 2^ in length ; completely covered with flat molariform teeth, only those along 

 hinder edge rounded or a little compressed. Scales more or less imbricated in the 

 male, distinctly ctenoid on ocular side, ctenoid or cycloid on blind side ; in the female the 

 scales are scarcely imbricated, nearly all cycloid, but a few ctenoid scales at upper 

 and lower edges of body and in region of lateral line. Dorsal 48-58 ; highest rays 

 about twice in length of head. Anal 35-40. I"ectoral of ocular side with 10 or ii 

 rays (4 to 6 branched), length ij or i^ (q) to about twice (5) m that of head. Greyish 

 or brownish, sometimes mottled with darker ; fins with large dusky spots. 



Type. — I'nited States National Museum. No 5368. 



Distribution. — .\tlantic coast of North Amenta, from Labrador to Cape Cod, 



Specimens Examined : 



(97 mm. 

 (27.'i ,, 

 (2-5 .. 



(215. 225 



Labrador. 

 Bucksport, Ma 

 Portland. 

 Gloucester. Ma 



Mus. Conip. Z 

 U.S. Nat. Mil 



Also one from Labrador (Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



This species may prove to be identical with L. glacialis, but appears to have a 

 larger head, broader pharyngeals with more flattened teeth, and a somewhat longer 

 pectoral fin. The small specimen from Labrador approaches the deep-bodied type 

 nl glanatts, and is not very unlike the types oi franklimi in the British .Museum. 



