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Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, Gill. Craig Flounder. 2150 

 Glyptocephalus zachirus, Lock. Sole. 2149, 

 Hippoglossoides exilia, J. and G. Flounder. 2148. 

 Hippoglossoides plattessoides, Gill. Flat Fish; Rough Dab. 



2142. 



Hypsopetta guttulata, Gill. Diamond Flounder. 2147. 



Paralichthys californicus, J. and G. Turbot. 2140. 



Grows, three feet long and is sometimes known to weigh sixty 

 pounds. 



Pleuranectes americanus, Walb. Winter Flounder. Mud- 

 dab. 2139. 



Pleuronectes bilineatus, Gthr. Rock Sole. 2143. 



Pleuronectes ferrugineus, J. and G. Sand-dab. 2144. 



Pleuronectes glaber, Gill. Fool Fish, Christmas Fish. 2135. 



Named "Fool-fish" because it will bite even at a rag. The 

 teeth of the old ones are movable in the breeding season ; those of 

 the young are fixed. 



Pleuronectes isolepis, J. and G. 2137. 



Pleuronectes stehatus, Pallas. Flounder. 2136. 



Pleuronectes vetulus, J. and G. 2138. 



Pleuronichthys decurrens, J. and G. 2 141. 



Order. 13 Plectognathi. 



Family Ostraciidas. 

 (Trunk Fishes.) 



Ostracium quadricorne, L. Cow-fish (dried). 2152. 



Family Balistidae. 

 (Trigger Fishes.) 



Alutera schoepffi, Goode. File Fishes. 2155. 

 Monacanthus broceus, DeKay. Fool-Fish; File-Fish. 2154, 



Family Tetrodontidce. 

 (The Puffers.) 



Chilomycterus geometricus, Kau]). Rabbit-Fi: \; Swell Toad. 

 (M't'd). 2153. 



Tetrodon turgidus, Mitchell. Swell Fish: Puffer. 2151. 



This sjjecies takes its name from its power of inflating itself 

 with air. 



