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3034. Syacium latifrons (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America; Panama. 



Cithariehthys latifrons Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U.S. F.C. 1881,334, Panama. 



3035. Syacium ovale (Giintbor). 



Pacific Coast of Tropical America, Mazatlan to Panama. 

 Hemirhomhus oralis Giiutber, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 154, Panama. 



3036. Syacium micrurum Kanzani. 



West Indies; Key West to Rio Janeiro. 



Syacium inicruntm Ranzani, Nov. Spec. Pise. Disc. Sec, 1840, 20, pi. 5, Brazil. 



Genus 1027. PLATICHTHYS Girard. 

 Flatichthy.s Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 136 (rugosus^^ stellatus). 



3037. Platichthys stellatus Pallas. California Flounder. 



Pacific Coast of America, from Point Conception to tbe Arctic Ocean, and 



soutli to Sakhalin. 

 Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., iii, 416, 1811, Alaska. 



Genus 1028. EMBASSICHTHYS Jordan & Evermann. 

 EmhassicMhys Jordan & Evermann, Fishes N. andM. Amer., 1896 (&a<%&iu8). 



3038. Embassichthys bathybius (Gilbert). 



Coast of California south of Point Conception, 



Cymcoglo.s.HU8 bathybius (Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 123, Santa Barbara 

 Channel, at Albatross Station 2980, in 603 fathoms. 



Genus 1029 MICROSTOMUS Gottsche. 

 Microstomus Gottsche, Wiegmann's Archiv 1835, 150 (latidens) ; not Micro- 

 stoma Ivisso, 1826. 



3039. Microstomus kitt (Walbaum). Smear Dab. 



Arctic Europe, west to the sea between Greenland and Iceland. 

 Fleuronectcs kitt Walbaum, Artedi Pisciuui, iii, 120, 1792, after Ray; the 

 description in part confused with that of Lepidorhombus. 



3040. Microstomus pacificus (Lockington). 



Pacific Coast of North America, Monterey to Vancouver Island, and proba- 

 bly northward. 



Glyjytocephalus pacificus Lockington, Rept. Cal. Com. Fisheries 1878-79, 43, 

 off Point Reyes, California. 



Genus 1030. GLYPTOCEPHALUS Gottsche. 



Glyptoccphalus Gottsche, Wiegmann's Arch. 1835, 156 (saxicolar=cynoglossus) . 



3041. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnajus). 



North Atlantic, chiefly in deep water, south to Cape Cod and France. 

 Fleuronectcs cynoglossus Liuntuus, Syst. Nat., ed. x,269, 1758; after Grouow. 



3042. Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington. 



Deep waters of the Northern Pacific; thus far known only from about San 



Francisio. 

 Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 88, San 



Francisco. 



Family CCXXIV. SOLEID.aEI. The Soles. 



Genus 1031. ACHIRUS Lacepede. 

 Achirus Lacdpi'do, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 659, 1803 (Jusciatus, etc.). 



3043. Achirus achirus (Linnaius). 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



Fleuronectes achirus Linnieus, Sys. Nat., ed. x, 268, 1758; based on Gronow. 



3044. Achirus inscriptus Gosse. 



West Indies, north to Key West. 



Achirus inscriptus Gosse, Nat. Sojourn Jamaica, 52, pi. 1, fig. 4, 1851, Jamaica. 



