[63 ] FLOUNDERS AND SOLES. AOS 
ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF LIMANDA. 
a, Head comparatively large, 34 to 44 in length. 
b. Scales rather small, 90 to 100 in the course of the lateral line; scales of right 
side ctenoid,closely imbricated; those of blind side mostly smooth. 
Teeth conical, close-set, forming a continuous series, about 11 + 30 in the lower 
jaw; snout abruptly projecting, forming in front of upper eye a sharp angle 
with the descending profile; head rather long; eyes large, separated by a high 
and very narrow ridge, which is continued in long rugose prominences above 
the opercle. Head 4; depth 23; D. 85; A. 62; lat. 1. 100; color brownish olive, 
with numerous irregular reddish spots; fins similarly marked; blind side largely 
Parity OLLONY <<) soso sie ete ition cicclesice sine = 4 oeiracimissc ace Sestce FERRUGINEA, 75. 
c. Teeth less conical, less clesely set, in an irregular series, about 10 + 20 in lower 
jaw; snout less prominent, forming a slight angle with the profile; head rather 
smaller; eyes separated by a moderate ridge, broader and lower than in L. 
ferruginea ; no rugose prominences above opercle. Head 44; depth 24; D. 65 to 
78; A. 50 to 62; scales 86 to 96; vertebra 40; color brownish, with some cloudy 
Pee OR MUSKY. BPOES joo oan 24 Ses ale oem see ac eels Son cress LIMANDA, 76. 
bb. Scales larger, wide apart, about 80 in the course of the lateral line, each 
scale with 1 to 4 spinules, those mostly erect; scales of blind side more or less 
rough; lower pharyngeals narrow, with bluntish teeth; interorbital space 
narrow, scaly; head large; snout not forming a distinct angle with the profile; 
teeth small, subconical. Head, 3}; depth 2; D. 69 to 74; A. 53 or 54; lat. 1. 
about 80. Color brown, nearly plain, the blind side with tinges of yellow. 
ASPERA, 77. 
aa, {Head very short, 5} in length; snout very short ; interorbital space very narrow; 
teeth small, apparently biserial, chiefly on the blind side; curve of lateral 
line half as deep as long, as long as head; scales strongly ctenoid, those on 
blind side smaller and cycloid. Head, 54; depth, 22; D. 64; A. 63; lat. 1. 88 
=(27-++61). Color grayish, mottled with darker, a conspicuous black blotch on 
outer rays of caudal on each side.] (Goode)..-....................BEANI, 78. 
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75. LIMANDA FERRUGINEA. 
(Tue Rusty Das.) 
[Plate XII. ] 
Platessa ferruginea D. H. Storer, Fish. Mass., 1839, 141, pl.2(Cape Ann). DeKay, New 
York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 297, pl. 48, f. 155 (New York). Storer, Syn. Fisk. 
N. A., 1346, 476. 
Pleuronectes ferrugineus Giinther, iv, 447, 1862 (Boston). Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. 
N. A., 1882, 834. , 
Myzopsetta ferruginea Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 217. 
Limanda ferruginea Goode, Prac. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 472 (New England). Goode, 
Hist. Aquat. Anim., 1884, pl. 49. 
Platessa rostrata H. R. Storer, Bost. Journal Nat. Hist., vi, 268, 1850 (Labrador). 
Limanda rostrata Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 217. 
Habitat.—Atlantic coast of North America, Labrador to New York. — 
This species is rather common northward on our Atlantic coast. It 
‘is allied to the European Dab, but has smaller scales and a more promi- 
nent snout. Our specimens are from the east coast of Massachusetts. 
