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Tliiit there tlie ;vvev;tge wciLilu of rlic Lesser ILililiur is senttered, sng^'est tlmt tlie Lesser ]I;ilil)tir is still more 



between .'> ;inil 10 lbs., hut that nii this voy;i_g'e some \ iiivicious than its near relative; uiid to this is due, in 



exti-aordiiKirih' lai'ge specimens wcm'c^ taken, wei^'hinL;' all |irol)aliilit\', its reputation for fatness, 



(in an a\-eraL;c more than 'iO lbs. This siijipusition is hnrnr <iut liy the deseriptitins 



In all the cliaractci'-, rxeept those uiven above — of both Fabkichs and K'lXK. '"The Lesser Halibut, 



almosr all of which may b<' intei'preted as expressions ^ h'/illrrdijllk" says tlie latter, '"is disTingiiished by its 



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Kiy. \V1. I'liitiisiiiantii'litliii.t /li/ijiiu/loggoides frnm ( int'iiliUKl. a (cyo side) :uu\ li (l.liml siilc) ' ., tlic ii:(tiirMl size, ilrawii fi'diii .1 spuciiiicii 

 in lli(^ Z(iol(ii;ii"il Mnsciuii of Ci)peiilias'cii l_'iii\iTsil y : >■ (i'3'o side uf 1lic lii:ul) ami d (blind siil<' cil' llic li.'ad) natural si/e. 



drawn from a s|icL'inicn taken at (indliavn liy IJaptain A^IUNDSKN. 



ot a low<'r degree of dc\elopmenl ;iiid less advanced occurreiiec in deep-waler, and is taken almost exclii- 



asymmetry — the Lesser Halibut is so like the preceding 1 si\('I\- in the ice-fjords, or at spots where large icebergs 



species tliat no detailed description is necessarw as we drift past or where thev contiiiuallv run agrotuid. 



arc enabled to refer to our ca.rt^fnlK -drawn ligures. Furthermore it is caught onh' during tla^ coldest months 



The larger size of the moutli and the comparatively | of the \-ear. This s])ecies has been observed in many 



greati'r strength <if the jaw-teeth, though the\- are more places widel\- remo\-e(l from each other, on occasions 



