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115. ACHIRUS PIMBRIATUS. 
Solea fimbriata Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 477 (Gulf of Fonseca). 
Habitat.—Pacifie coast of tropical America (Gulf of Fonseca). 
This species is known from Giinther’s description of a specimen taken 
by Sir John Richardson. 
116. ACHIRUS FASCIATUS. 
(THE AMERICAN SOLE; HOG-CHOKER.) 
(Plates XXII and XXIII.) 
Pleuronectes lineatus Linnzeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 458 (on a specimen from Charleston, 
received from Dr. Garden), (not Plewronectes lineatus of edition x). Gronow, 
Systema, ed. Gray, 1854, 90 (in part, chiefly based on Linnzus). 
Achirus lineatus Cuvier, Régne Animal, 1828. Gill, Cat. Fishes East Coast N. Am., 
Rept. U. S. F. C., 1872-73. Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 1878, 
368 (Beaufort; Neuse R.). Goode, op. cit., 1879, 110 (St. John’s R.). Goode & 
Bean, op. c., 1879, 123 (Pensacola, Potomac R.). Bean, op. c., 1880, 77 (Poto- 
mac R., New Bedford, Tompkinsville, N. Y., Newport, Chesapeake Bay, 
Providence). Jordan & Gilbert, op. cif., 1882, 618 (Charleston). Bean, op. cit., 
1883, 365 (Havre de Grace). 
Grammichthys lineatus Kaup, Wiegmann’s Archiv, 1858, 101. 
Achirus fasciatus Lacépéde, Hist. Nat., Poiss., iv, 659, 662, 1803 (excl. syn. ; description 
based entirely on the Linnzan account of the fish sent by Garden). 
Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, 388, pl. 2, f. 4 
(New York). 
Achirus mollis Storer, Synopsis, 1846, 228. Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, 206, pl. 32 
(Charles River, Holmes’ Hole, Mass.). DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 
303, pl. 49, f. 159 (New York, ascending the Hudson River to Peekskill). 
Achirus achirus mollis Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 137. 
Pleuronectes apoda Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Mag. and Crit. Rev., Feb’y, 1818, 244 
(Straits of Bahama), (perhaps A. lineatus). 
Trinectes scabra Rafinesque, ‘‘ Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge, i, 1832 
(Pennsylvania, in fresh water).” 
Solea achirus Giinther, iv, 476, 1862 (New York) (not Pleuronectes achirus L.). 
Achirus achirus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885,19. Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 
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Solea browni Giinther, iv, 477, 1862 (New Orleans, Texas). 
Achirus lineatus var. browni Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 305 (Pen- 
sacola, Galveston). ' 
Habitat.—Atlantic coast of the United States, from Cape Cod to 
Texas, often ascending streams. 
This species is the best known of the American soles, and it is com- 
mon along our coast from Cape Cod to Texas, often ascending the 
rivers for a considerable distance above tide-water. It seldom exceeds 
5 or 6 inches in length, and is of but little value as food on account of 
its small size. It was first described in the twelfth edition of the 
Systema Nature from a specimen sent to Linnzus by Dr. Garden. 
This specimen received the name of Plewronectes lineatus, but the Pleu- 
ronectes lineatus of the tenth edition was a different fish, the name 
being originally based on a description of an Achirus found by Brown 
