CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN FISHES. 499 



Order CC. HETEROSOMATA. The Flatfishes. 



Panuly CCXXIII. PLEURONECTIDiE. The Flounders. 



Genus 993. ATHERESTHES Jordan & Gilbert. 

 Atheresthes Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 51 (atomias). 



2958. Atheresthes stomias (Jordan & Gilbert). Arrow-Toothed Halibut. 



San Francisco to Alaska. 



Platysomatichtlij/s stomian Jordan &, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 301, 

 off San Francisco, 



Genus 994. REINHAKDTIUS GiU. 

 Beinhardtius Gill, Cat. E. C. Fishes, 50, 1861 (hippoglossoides). 



2959. Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum). Greenland Halibut. 



Arctic parts of the Atlanti c, south to Finland and Grand Banks. 

 Pleuronectca cijnoglossus Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 163, 1780, Green- 

 land; not of LinnaBus. 



Genus 995. HIPPOGLOSSUS Cuvier. 



Hippoglossus Cuvier, Regno Animal, ed. 1, ii, 221, 1817 {hippoglossus). 



2960. Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnajus). Halibut. 



All northern seas, southward in deep waters to France, Sandy Hook, and 



San Francisco. 

 Pleuronectes hippoglossus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 269, 1758, European 



Ocean. 



Genus 996. LYOPSETTA Jordan & Goss. 



Lyopsetta Jordan & Goss, in Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 135, 1885 (exilis). 



2961. Lyopsetta exilis (Jordan & Gilbert), 



North Pacific, in rather deep water; San Francisco to Alaska. 

 Hippogloasoiden exilis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 154, off 

 San Francisco, between the Golden Gate and Point Reyes. 



Genus 997. EOPSETTA Jordan & Goss. 

 Eopsetta Jordan & Goss, in Jordan, Cat,, 135, 1885 (jordani). 



2962. Eopsetta jordani (Lockington). California Sole. 



West coast of United States, from Puget Sound to Monterey. 

 Hippoglossoides jordani Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 73, San 

 Francisco, 



Genus 998. HIPPOGLOSSOIDES Gottsche. 

 Hippoglossoides Gottsche, Wiegmann's Archiv 1835, 164 (" lamanda"=plate8• 

 soides). 



2963. Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius). 



North Atlantic, south to Cape Cod, and coasts of England and Scaiulinavia. 

 Pleuronectes platessoides Fabricius, Fauna Gruiulandica, 164, 1780, Greenland. 



2964. Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan &, Gilbert. 



Pnget Sound and northward. 



Hippoglossoides elassodon .Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 278, 

 Puget Sound, at Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. 



Genus 999. PSETTICHTHYS Girard. 



Psettichthgs Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 140 (melanostictus). 



2965. Psettichthys melanostictus Girard. 



Pacific Coast of North America, from Alaska south to Monterey. 

 Psettichthgs melanostictus Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci, Phila. 1854, 140, San 

 Francisco ; Astoria, Oregon. 



