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279. Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres). 



This flounder is widely distributed. It takes the hook readily and was frequently taken over the 

 rail. It was also frequently seen in the salmon traps and many were seined. Seventy-eight specimens, 

 ranging in length from 2.25 to 17 inches, were secured, being taken at Marrowstone Point; Cordova Bay; 

 Dundas Bay; FunterBay; Hunters Bay; Ketchikan; Tongass Harbor; Sitka; New Morzhovoi; Akutan 

 Bay; Agattu Island: Attn Island; Yakutat; Isanotski (Issannakh) Strait; Karluk; Unalaska; and stations 

 3598 (Bering Sea), 4193, 4212, 4219, 42fi2, 4268, 42fi9, 4272, 4273, 4277, and 4278. 



Fid. 137.— Lepidoiiwtta bilmeata (Ayres). 



It has also been recorded (Bean 1882) from Sitka; Port Mulgrave, Yakutat Bay; Chugachik Bay 

 and Poit Chatham, Cook Inlet; St. Paul, Kodiak; Humboldt Harbor and Popoff Straits, Shumagins; 

 Iliuliuk and Nateekin Bay, Unalaska; Nazan Bay, Atka; Chichagof Harbor, Attn; St. Paul Island. 

 Gilbert (1895) took it abimdantly at Unalaska and Chernofski harliors, at Herendeen Bay and Hage- 

 meister Islatid, and at 58 different stations in Bristol Bay. St. Paul Island, and station 3637, off St. George, 

 and Unalaska (Jordan & Gilbert 1S99). Chignik Bay (Scofield 1899). 



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280. Limanda aspera (Pallas). 



Taken at Pyramid Harbor; Cordova Bay; Karta Bay; Yakutat Bay; Shtunagin Islands; and stations 

 3781 (off Kamchatka) and 4269. Five specimens preserved, ranging in length from 1.75 to 15 inches. 

 The specimen from off Kamchatka is 15 inches long and agrees fairly well with current descriptions of 



