PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 105 



Dimensions. 



No.l. 



No. 2. 



No. 3. 



No. 4. 



No. 5. 



Total length, in inches 



Greatest depth of body 



Length of head 



Length of snout, from .a line joining the front margins of 



the orl)its 



Longitudinal diameter of lower orbit 



Interocular width 



Length of mandilile 



Length of pectural, colored side 



Length of pectoral, blind side 



Length of vontrals 



Tip of snout to origin of anal 



Length of longest rays of dorsal 



"Width of caudal peduncle 



Greatest distance from anal to straight part of lateral line . . 



5i 



qifi 



li 



^ 



1311 

 3i 



lA 

 1 



lA 



4i 



1/8 



li 



14t'b 

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The accessory lateral line varies considerably. In No. 1, it can be 

 traced to below the fortieth dorsal ray; tbe portion anterior to the 

 branch connecting it with the main lateral line runs obliquely upwards 

 to immediately below the sixth dorsal ray ; and there is a short line of 

 about eleven pores above the principal accessory lateral line, commenc- 

 ing at the tenth dorsal ray and continuing to the fifteenth. In No. 2, 

 there is no second accessory row of x)ores, and the accessory lateral line 

 terminates between the fifteenth and sixteenth dorsal rays. Anteriorly 

 this line divides and again unites, surrounding a small space, and then 

 again divides into two branches, the lower of which receives the con- 

 necting branch from the main lateral line. In No. 3, the accessory lat- 

 eral line ends just behind the sixteenth dorsal ray, and has two branches 

 inclined upward, the anterior surrounding a space. On the blind side of 

 No. 4, I could only find ten pectoral rays. On the blind side of Nos. 4 

 and 5, the accessory lateial line, which ends under the 14th dorsal ray, 

 curves boldly downwards and then backwards to meet the main lateral 

 line, and sends a short branch obliquely forwards. On the colored side' 

 the arrangement is similar in No. 5; but in No. 4 a si>ace is surrounded 

 by the pores at the junction of the dorsal accessory with the branch 

 leading to the lateral line. 



This large mottled "Sole" (as it is called) is taken outside of the bay, 

 usually, if I am rightly informed, in the vicinity of the Farallones, and 

 is rather rare. Those brought in are usually of tolerably large size, the 

 specimens measured being of about average dimensions. ' It is reputed 

 of delicate fiaAor. It may be readily recognized by its light yellow tint, 

 with Avhite markings, its regularly oval form, and its extremely nairow 

 interocular space. 



The foriuuhe of the dorsal and anal iu the individuals measured were 

 as follows : No. 1, D. 78, A. 57 ; No. 2, I). 7(), A. 01 ; No. 3, D. 71, A. 55; 

 No. 4, D. 76, A. Gl ; No. 5, D. 84, A. 03. 



In No. 4, the last two or three rays of the dorsal and anal were ouce 

 bifurcate ; and in l»<)th No. 4 and No. 5, tliosc raN s of tlic doisal and anal 



