276 PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Ventral: 
USN Aa 5 6G Sans Soe SON CBBEG Onao sors 2 = Sa5- forged. 35 sao ses 12 
Distance from snout: ~~ <<). <-<-2 soc-5-52--2- iWeisteiseye a(S cieclimloee) «Set orale sete 39 
ASOTRONOLAR BCE oon acs com aos & ase as, 6i'snicl ans ose eebe be Aeclee te carenineea pentane (ca) 12 
PAM IELLV Se Mar incor iat cle vcemisis cee e eae reieciccis occa. aciecee secines ee eeesnees (ca) 16 
Wunrber of scales in longitudinal series: i-2 2222-5525 22 Nis Jaeaeseceeotcctecceeee. NAG 
Number of phosphorescent spots.»-.----. - Eciote da diste soko hints Pelee totes eee 33 
SANTA BARBARA, CAL., July 15, 1880. 
DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF FLOUNDERS (PAROPHRYS 
ISCHYRUS AND HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON,) FROM PUGET’S 
SOUND. 
By DAVID 8S. JORDAN and CHARLES H. GILBERT. 
Parophrys ischyrus, sp. nov. 
Body rhombic-oblong, less deep than in Platichthys stellatus or Lepidop- 
setta bilineata, and with the head more pointed and protruding, but less 
so than in Parophrys vetulus. Body tapering from the middle to the 
head and tail, the four bounding lines but little curved and quite regu- 
lar. Caudal peduncle strong, compressed, and rather long. Head com- 
paratively long, a slight angle over the eye, and the snout protruding 
and not obtuse. Lips full, simple. Mouth moderate, oblique, the lower 
jaw slightly projecting and somewhat more developed on the blind side, 
Teeth about 2 chee gry number, 
10 + 22 
Teeth in one series, rather close set, some on both sides of the jaw. 
but more numerous on the blind side, somewhat irregular in length, 
some of them movable. In form the teeth are somewhat compressed and 
incisorlike and bluntish, but not as notably so as in some related 
species. No teeth.on vomer and palatines. 
Maxillary reaching past the front of the orbit, nearly to the pupil. 
Anterior nostril with a flap. Posterior nostril almost simple. Tongue 
free. Eyes rather large, the upper directed upward, the lower slightly 
in advance of the other. An area covered with smooth skin in and be- 
hind orbit of upper eye. 
Interorbital space rather broad, somewhat elevated mesially, con- 
tinuous, with a slightly marked ridge above the opercle and forking 
forwards, the lower branch ending in a blunt prominence. 
Snout behind nostrils, interocular ridge, and posterior part of head 
covered with scales like those on the body, but smaller and rougher. 
Preorbital very narrow, naked. Skin of head continuous over the edge 
of the preopercle. Gill-openings above not continued forward. Gill- 
rakers short, slender, and weak, about 12 below the angle of the arch. 
Branchiostegals seven. Lower pharyngeal bones separate, each with 
two rows of coarse, blunt teeth. 
Scales moderate in size, thick and firm, adherent, not closely imbri- 
cated, anteriorly separated. Those on the tail oblong and a little im- 
