438 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



oms; fi'om station 2378, in 29° W 30" N. lat., 88° 09' 30" W.lon., at a depth of C8 fathoms; 

 from station 2403, in 28^ 42' 30" N. hit., 85° 29' W. lou., at a depth of 88 fathoms; and 

 from station 2312, in 32° 54' N. lat., 77° 53' 30" W. lou., at a depth of 88 fathoms. 



HIPPOGLOSSOIDES, Gottsche. 



Eippoglossoides, Gottsche, Wipgniann's Archiv., 1835, 168. — (iiJNTHKR, Cat. FIhIi. Hrit. Mus.. iv, 40."i. — .loR- 



i)AN aud Gilbert, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mu.s., iv, 40."). 

 Psetlichthiix, Gikahd, Pioc. Acail. Nat. Sci., Phila., 18.51, 110. 

 Vomalopsetta, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Pbila., 1804, 217. 



Dextral' plenronectoids having the body oblong and somewhat compressed; month 

 rather large, having a single row of sharp teeth on each jaw, aud sometimes an inner row 

 of small ones in the npper jaw; A'onier and palatines toothless; gill rakers long and slender. 

 Scales ctenoid; lateral line nearly straight, simple, or with accessory branch. Dorsal tin 

 low in front, beginning over or before the eye. Ventrals both lateral. Caudal double 

 truncate, produced. 



HIPPOGLOSSOIDES PLATESSOIDES, (Fabricius), Gill. (I'igure 367.) 



Pleiironecles plaies«oide8, Fabricius, Fauua Gnenlaudica, 1780, 164 (excelleut descriptiim). — " Vidensk. 



SeKsk. N.atiirv. ooh Mathem. Afbaudl., 1,50, pl. II, tig. 2." 

 Citharus 2>lalessoides, Rkinhardt, ibid, mi, 1838, i). 130. — KuiiyKR, in Gaimard, Voyage en Scaudinavie, etc. 



pis. XXI (exrelleiit figure). 

 Drepavo {p) «eH(i philessoides, Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Co.astN. Auierica, 1861,50. 

 Sippoglossoidcs platessoides, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. 1864, 217. — Goode and Bean, Cat. Fish. Essex 



Co., Mass., 1879,7.— Collett, Norsk. Nordh. Exp.Fiske, 1875,145.— Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iil,471.— 



GtJNTHER, Challenger Report, xxii, 1887, IGl. — Jordan aud Gilbert, Hull, xvi, II. S. N. M.,826. 

 Platesaa dentata(not Pleuronectes dentaliis, Mitchill), Storer, Re]). Fish. Mass. 1839, p. 143; Hist. Fi.sh. Mass. 



1867, 197. pi. XXX, fig. 3. 

 HippoglnnsoidesdintattiK, GiLi., Cat. Fi.sh. E. Coatst N. A., 1861, 50.— (Jt'iNTHKU, Cat. Fish. Hrit. Mus., iv, 1862. 



406. 

 Pomatopselta dtntata, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1864, 217 (with def. oi Pomnlopxeita, 216). 

 Hippoglossoides limandoides, GooDE aud Bean, Auier. .lourn. Sci. and Arts, xvii, 1876, 39. 



Body moderately elongate, its height two-fifths of its length. Head short, its length 

 3| in that of body. Mouth moderate, oblique; maxillary narrow, reaching to vertical from 

 middle of orbit, its length 2| times in that of head. Teeth moderate, conical; in one row 

 in each jaw, those in the lower jaw largest. Eyes moderate, the upper one largest and 

 longer than snout. Lower jaw included. Lateral line nearly straight, simple, containing 

 about 90 pierced scales. Interorbital space narrow, with a raised, obtuse ridge, entirely 

 covered with rough scales; mandible .scaly. Gill rakers short and robust, smooth, about 10 

 below angle; the length of the longest less than one-third diameter of orbit. Fins covered 

 with small, rougli scales. A strong preanal spine. Pectoral not quite half as long as the 

 head. 



Eadial fornnila : ]). 80-93; A. 04-75. 



Color, ferruginous. 



This species is not unusual in deep water off southern Massachusetts and Rhode 

 Island, a])proaching the coasts in winter. South of Spitzbergen and Bear Island it occurs at 

 depths of 120-220 fathouLS. The Alhatrosn took it from station 2453, in 47° 10' N. hit., 51° 02' 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 82 fathoms; from station 2499, in 44° 46' 30" N. lat., 59° 55' 45" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of i;W fathoms; fiom station 2430, in 42° 58' 30" N. lat., 50'^ .50' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 179 fathoms; from station 2498, in 44° 54' N. lat., 59° 40' 45" W.lon., at a 

 depth of G5 fathoms; from station 2431, in 43° N. hit., 50° 47' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 129 

 fathoms; from station 2452, in 47° 04' N, lat., 50° 48' W. Ion., at a depth of 89 fathoms; 

 from station 2461, in 45° 47' N. lat., 54° 13' 30" W. Ion., at a dei.th of 59 fathoms; from 

 station 2455, in 47° 21' N. lat., 51° 38' 30" W. Ion., at a depth of 81 fathoms; from station 



^lu H. ehtssodon reversed iiuUviduuIs sometimes are futiud. 



