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FLATFISHKS (HETEROSOMATA) 



Synopsis of thi; Species. 

 1. Teeth in mie or two rows [Atlantic species], 



A. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, about 80 in lateral line ; maxillary- about 



23 in head ; dorsal 63-68, anal 54-56 . . . , .1. beanii. 



H. Scales cycloid on ocular side, about 68 in lateral line : maxillary about 3I 



in head : dorsal 62, anal 53 • . ■ . ■ • ■ - inermis. 



II loeth in narrow bands, at least in adults [Indo-Pacific species]. 

 .\. i(o to 95 scales in lateral line. 



1 , Depth ly'n to 2 J in length ; maxillary 3 to 3! in head ; eyes separated 



by a low narrow ridge. 



a. Dorsal 56-61, anal 46-50: some of middle rays of right pectoral 



branched . • .3. colorata. 



b. Dorsal 62-67, firial 53-58 ; all rays of right pectoral simple 



4. hawaiiensis. 



2. Depth 25 to 3 in length ; maxillary 3! to 3} in head ; eyes contiguous ; 



dorsal 59-65, anal 50-54 ...... 5. priplonga. 



B, 60 to 70 scales in lateral line. 



1. Eye about 3 J in head ; 60 to 65 scales in lateral line ; dorsal 60-64, 



anal 48-53 ........ 6. plinthus. 



2. Eye 2 J in head ; about 70 scales in lateral line ; dorsal 62, anal 54 



7. natalensis. 



I. POECILOPSETTA BEANII (Goode). 



I, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus.,iii, (1880), p. 473 ; Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. 

 (1S86), p. 288; Goode and Bean, 1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 428, pi. cii, 

 nd Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3). p. 2646, pi. ccclxxviii, 



I.imanda beanii, Goode, 



U.S. Com. Fish., ; 



hgs. 355 a-d ; Jord 



fig. 932. 

 PUuroneclei beani. Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mi 

 Pactlopsetta beanii, Hubbs, 1919, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washmgt 



Trcubia. xiii, p. 425. 



-Picclupsella beaiur I!.M, (X.H,) 



Depth of body 2| to 3I in the length, length of head 4^ to about 5J. Snout much 

 shorter than eye. diameter of which is 2| to nearly 3 in length of head ; eyes separated 

 bv a very narrow ridge, the lower scarcely in advance of upper, which enters dorsal 

 profile of head. .Maxillary extending to a little beyond anterior margin of eye, length 

 about 2;^ in that of head : lower jaw 2J in head. Teeth apparently in two rows, 

 barely discernible in upper jaw. 10 or 11 gill-rakcrs on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; about 80 in lateral line. Dorsal 



