KIG TELEOSTEI: IIKTEROSOMATA. — XXI. 



80 to 0.1. A. (14 to 7.-3. Lat. 1. !»0. N. Atl., S. to N. Y. (Eu.) 

 (\aiI., j>l(itcssa, the plaice; dSos. like.) 



229. PARALICHTHYS Ciranl. (TrapaXXi^Xop, parallel ; 



ix6vs, fisli.) 

 a. Gill rakers 5 + 16, rather long and slender; D. 85 to 93; A. G7 to 73. 



4G.1. P. dentatus (L.). Sl'mmek Flotn-der. Body ovate; 

 niaxillarv half head ; canines larjre. Brownish olive, always with 

 many paler and darker spots and ohscure ocelli. Head 3g ; depth 

 2^. Lat. 1. 95. L. '2^ feet. Cape Cod to Fla., the common floun- 

 der N. (Lat., toothed.) 

 an. Gill rakers, few, shortisli, 2+8 to 10. 

 l>. Body ovate, opaque, the de])th about 2} in length ; no definitely placed 

 ocelli. 

 c. 1). niys 8") to 93; A. C5 to 73; lat. 1. about 100. 



464. P. lethostigma Jordan & Gill)ert. Southern Floi'N- 

 DEU. Eyes small, well separated. Dusky olive, nearly ])lain. 

 Head 3g. L. 2J. N. Y. to Texas, the common Flounder S. Q<^6q, 

 forgetting; (rTfy/ii7, spot.) 



cc. D. rays 75 to 81 ; A. 59 to 01 ; lat. 1. 95. 

 4Gh. P. albigutta Jordan & (Jilhert. Grayish brown, witli many 

 roundish ])ale blotches. L. 18. Va. to Texas, common S. (Lat., 

 all'us, white ; f/ulla, sj)Ot.) 

 bb. Body oblonji, stronfj;ly compressed, semi-translucent, side with four 

 larf^e oblonjj black ocelli, each cilj^cd witii pinkish, the anterior spots 

 just bcliiuil middle of body, the four forniiiij,^ a trapezoidal figure. 



4GG. P. oblougus (Mitchill). Folk- sroTTED Flounder. 

 Mouth large. Head 3f ; dejtth 2\. D. 77. A. 02. Lat. 1. 93. 

 L. 18. Cape Cod to N.J. (Another " 4-spotted flounder," yl n- 

 cylnpsetta quadrocellata Gill, with deep body and very rough scales ; 

 probably ranges N. to Va.) 



230. PLEURONECTES (Artedi) Linna;us. Turbots. 

 (Rhombus Cuvier.) (nXtvpov, side; vtjktjjs, swimmer.) 



a. Scales cycloid, well-developed; no bony tubercles. (i?o</(u« Ilalinesque.) 



4G7. P. maculatus Mitchill. Window Pane. First rays of 

 I), much exserted ; body much c()ni|)ressed, translucent, (irayish 

 brown, ))rofusely spotted and mottled with dark brown. Head 3J; 

 dei)t]i r^. ]).<;.-). A. 52. Lat. 1.100. L. 18. Cape Cod to S. C, 

 a small and valueless representative of the great turbot of Europe 

 (P. rhombus L.). 



231. PLATOPHRYS Swainson. (rrXarvf, broad ; 

 tif^jtvi. eye-brow.) 

 4G8. P. ocellatna (Agassi/..) Maxillary ^ in head. Light 

 grayish, with small round spots of darker gray, and with lighter 



