THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 395 
darker. Left ventral brownish and with its radii finely specked 
with a little darker like those of pectoral, though its inner basal 
region paler. Ventral pale or white like right surface of body. 
Right surface of caudal becoming darker distally, usually a livid 
pale brown. Iris pale brown, a narrow rim around pupil of dull 
old-gold. Upper surface of eye specked brownish. Inside of 
mouth whitish. Left sides of dorsal and anal similar to caudal 
though usually more whitish. Two examples, larger about 23 
inches long. Sea Isle City, October 15th, 1905, Wm. J. Fox. 
The most important flounder on our coast as a food-fish, 
reaching a length of 3 feet and a weight of 15 pounds. I have 
examined many examples from Cape May, Wildwood, Holly 
Beach, Anglesea, Grassy Sound, Stone Harbor, Ocean City, 
Beesley’s Point, Barnegat Pier and Atlantic City, where it is 
abundant all summer and the object of sport to nearly all visit- 
ing anglers of the south Jersey shores. Frequently on a good 
tide as many as several dozen are taken during a day. 
Paralichthys dentatus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, 
p. 135.—Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 363.—Smith, 
Balbo... Com, ool, 1892, p. 370. 
Platessa ocellaris Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, p. 
349. ° 
Chenopsetta ocellaris Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819.—Ver- 
mul Am, Nat., 1, 1871,-p. 390: 
Genus LimMAnpa Gottsche. 
The Mud Dabs. 
Limanda ferruginea (Storer). 
PLaTE 88. 
Fluke. 
Among the true flounders this species may .be distinguished 
by the arch anteriorly in the lateral line. 
I have never seen any New Jersey examples. 
Myzopsetta ferruginea Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819. 
