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88. MICROSTOMUS KITT. 
(THE SMEAR Das.) 
_ Rhombus levis cornubiensis Jago in Ray, ‘Syn. Pise., 162, tab. 1, f. 1.” 
The Smear Dab Pennant, British Zoology, iii, p. 230, pl. 41, 1776.” 
Pleuronectes kitt Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, iii, 1792, 120 (after Ray; the description 
in part confused with that of Lepidorhombus). 
Pleuronectes kitt Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichthyologia, 1801, 162 (after Ray). 
Pleuronectes microcephalus Donovan, ‘‘ British Fishes, ii, pl.42, 1801.” Giinther, iv, 447. 
Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., viii,47 (Edinburgh). Davy, Fishes Great Britain, 
-li, 28, pl. 102. Collett, Norges Fiske, 145, and of recent European writers 
generally. 
Platessa microcephala Fleming, British Anim., 198, 1828, and of numerous writers. 
Cynoglossa microcephala Byaaiarie: Catalogo Metodico Pesci Eur., 1845, 48. 
Pleuronectes levis Shaw, Gen'l Zool., iv, 299, 1803. 
Pleuronectes quenseli HOIbGU, ‘‘ Bohusliins Fiske, iv, 59.” 
Pleuronectes quadridens Fabricius, “ Kongl. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Afhandl., i, 39.” 
Pleuronectes microstomus ‘* Faber, Isis, 1828, 886.” 
Microstomus latidens Gottsche, Wiegmann’s Archiv, 1835, 150. 
Pleuronectes gilli Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, 1868, vii, 40. (Polar Sea, north of 
Iceland.) 
Habitat.—Seas of the north of Europe in rather deep water, south to 
Cornwall. 
This small flounder is rather common in the waters of Northern 
Europe. It reaches the length of a foot or more, and is said to be ex- 
cellent as food. We have no specimens at hand, and -have therefore 
relied chiefly on the figure and description given by Dr. Day, in our 
comparison of this species with M. pacificus. . Like its congener, WM. 
pacificus, this species is often very slimy in life. 
This species is recorded by Day, on the authority of Dr. Steindach- 
ner, as occurring in Kaimtschatka. This reference probably belongs to 
M. pacificus. 
The specific name ‘“kitt,” given by Walbaum on the authority of 
Jago’s description, seems to be the one which should be adop ted for 
this species. According to Day, the species is still called *kitt” on 
the coast of Cornwall. . 
Pleuronectes gilli, as described by Dr. Steindachner, seems to differ 
from Microstomus kitt only in the larger head, which is but 42 in the 
length to base of caudal. It is probably not eaccineans distinct from 
the latter. Only a single specimen 10} inches long is known. 
89. MICROSTOMUS PACIFICUS. 
(THE SLIPPERY SOLE.) 
Glyptocephalus pacificus Lockington, Rep. Com. Fisheries, 187879, p. 43 (off Point 
Reyes). Lockington, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1879, p.86 (San Francisco). Jor- - 
dan, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 1884, 1288 
Cynicoglossus pacificus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1880, p. 453 (Puget 
Sound, San Francisco, Monterey Bay). Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. 
Mus., 1881, p.68 (Seattle). Jordan and Gilbert, Synopsis Fish. N. A., 1882, 838. 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of North America, Monterey to Vancouver's 
Island, and probably northward. 
