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aic about sixty. The spetdalized scales of the lateral liue extend far out upon the caudal 

 tin. On the blind side the lateral line is little conspicuous, the scales very sliylitly si»ecial- 

 i7.ed, and it becomes obsolete iu the region where, upon the colored side, the curve is located. 

 The scales extend far out upon the caudal tin, but are uot present upon the other tins. 



Dead very short, its length (18) contained about five times and one-hulf in the total. 

 The snout is very short (2), oue-tiftieth of the total, and the mouth is small, its cleft sub- 

 vertical, aud the maxillary extending very slightly behind the anterior margin of the orbit. 

 The teeth are inconspicuous, apparently iu two rows, stronger and more numerous on the 

 blind side, barely disceruable ia upper jaw, absent elsewhere in the mouth. 



Eyes large, prominent; their diameters (7) greater than the length of the maxillary (0) 

 and erpial to that of the mandible (6). They are very closely set, the interorbital space 

 marked by a knife like edge of bone. The upper eye, in its outline treiudiing upon the 

 dorsal outline of the head, is ahuost directly above its mate. Together they octaipy nearly 

 three-fourths of the width of the head at the perpendicular passing through their centers 



The dorsal flu begins over the posterior part of the pupil of the upper eye. Its rays 

 are long, widely separated, aud with their tips protruding beyond the membraue, giving to 

 this, as also to the anal, a ragged, irregular appearance. Its greatest height (S) i« equal to 

 half the length of the head. The anal is inserted uuder the axil of the pectoral, and its 

 height is about the same as that of the dorsal. 



The length of the caudal (20) is equal to one- fifth of that of the body, without including 

 caudal. It is broad, fau-shai)ed, acutely convex in outline. The tlistance of the ventral 

 from the snout (28) is about one-third the length of the base of the dorsal. The arrange- 

 ment of these fins upon the ventral keel is much as in Limnnda fcmujiiim, the right tin 

 being almost upon the median line. The pectorals are normal. 



The color is grayish brown, mottled with darker patches. There is a consi»icuous Idack 

 blotch ui)on the outer rays of the caudal on either side. 



Kadial formula: D. 63-08; A.Si-'M; 0. 18; P. 7; V. 6; lateral liue about88; 27 iu curve. 



The extreme brevity of the snout and the elongate-elliptical form of the body ri^nder its 

 shape very unlike that o( Limanda ferruijinea of our own coast and JAiHanda jtUitoisoiiics of 

 the Eastern Atlantic. In its general appearance, however, except that the ventrals are not 

 both lateral, it resembles considerably the species mentioned above. 



MEASURKMENTS. 



Current number of siiecimeu , 

 Locality 



Extreme length 



Length to baae of middle caudal rays . 

 Body : 



Greatest height '. 



Greatest width 



Heij^ht at veu train 



Least heiorht of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Width of iiiierorbital area 



Len;;tli of snout 



Postorbital ].i.rlioD of bead 



Leu^tli of ni;i\illary 



Leu^'tti of iiiauiilble 



Diameter of oibit , 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Greatest height 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Caudal : Length uf middle rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral ; 



Distance from snout 



Length 



:iiio2. 



stations 875-876, 



MiUi- 

 nieters. 



lUOthof 

 length. 



i:!5 

 111 



38 

 7 

 25 

 12 



18 

 S 

 2 

 9 

 G 

 7 



9 



» 



2S 

 70 

 20 



17 

 9 



17 



a 



