113. PLEURONECTIDiE HIPPOGLOSSOIDES. 825 



strongly dififerentiated caiiines in either jaw. Eyes moderate, sepa- 

 rated by a very narrow, sharp, scaly ridge. Gill-rakers very short, 

 thick, few in number ; about 8 below angle, the longest less than one- 

 half diameter of pupil. Scales rather small, very strongly ctenoid, those 

 on blind side also rough ; curve of lateral line rather low. Dorsal be- 

 ginning in front of pupil, its anterior rays long and filiform, much ex- 

 serted, the third ray half head; caudal short and rounded. If in head; 

 ventral tin of colored side elongate, as long as pectoral, half length of 

 head. Anal spine wanting. Head 3g; depth 1§. D. 70; A. 55; Lat. 1. 

 about 85. South Atlantic and Gulf coasts; not common. 



{Ancylopselta quadroceUata Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18G4, 224, uot Platessa 

 qiiadrocellata Storer, whicli is also a species of Paralichthys: Fseudorhombus quadrocel- 

 latus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1878, 370.) 



1271. P. liolepis Jor. & Gilb. 



Color olive brown, mottled with darker; sometimes with very distinct 

 round black blotches ; vertical fins blotched with dark ; pectoral of 

 colored side with oblique bars. Body elliptical ovate, broad and com- 

 pressed, its curves regular; mouth small, very oblique, the lower jaw 

 included; maxillary reaching about to pupil, 2| in head; eyes rather 

 large, 4| in head, separated by a very narrow, blunt scaly ridge ; teeth 

 small, conical, blunt, in a single row; those in lower jaw subequal, 

 close-set; those upper jaw more distant, decreasing in size backwards; 

 teeth J^]^^. Gill-rakers very short, broad, and strong, minutely ser- 

 rate on inner margin, about seven below angle, the longest scarcely 

 one-fourth as long as the eye. Scales small, oblong, cycloid, the smaller 

 accessory scales extremely numerous ; branchial arches and skin of the 

 shoulder girdle with small, cup-shaped, tubercular scales. Dorsal 

 ratber high, firm, low in front, highest near the middle of the body; 

 caudal peduncle very short and deep, its depth 4 times its length. 

 Pectoral of eyed side falcate, usually much longer than head, its length 

 varying considerably. Anterior nostril of blind side with a long flap. 

 Head 3^; depth !{}. D. 80; A. G2; Lat. 1. 123. L. 15 inches. Coast 

 of Southern California; indifferently dextral or sinistral. 



{Xystreurys'* iiolepis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 34.) 



455.— IIIPPOCJLOSSOIDES Gottsche. 

 {Paettlchthya GiTuvA: TomatopseUa GiW,) 



(Gottsche; Wicgmaiin's Arcliiv. 1835, Ifib: tyi)c Hippogloaaoidea limanda Gottsche = 

 Plenronectes platCH80id€8 Fabricius.) 



Eyes and color on the right side (except sometimes in H. elassodon). 

 "Jordan «fe Gilbert 1. c. : type X Uolepis J. & G. {^vdrpov, raker; svpv5, wide.) 



