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This species is rather common along the coast of Northern Massachu- 

 setts and northward to Labrador. Specimens are frequently found in 

 the markets, mixed with those of I'seudopleuronectes americanus. The 

 numerous specimens in our possession were found in the markets of 

 Indianapolis, having been sent thither from Boston. 



The remarkable sexual differences in the species have been fully 

 discussed by Dr. Bean (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, 345), the form for- 

 merly called Euclialarodus putnami being the male, and that called 

 Plenronectes glaber being the female of the same species. These con- 

 clusions of Dr. Bean are fully corroborated by our series of specimens 

 in which both sexes are fully represented. 



As the name Platessa glabra is preoccupied by Bathke (1837), we must 

 adopt the specific name putnami for this species if it be regarded as dis- 

 tinct from Liopsetta glacialis. Taking our own notes and the published 

 plate of the latter species as a guide, we can see no difference whatever 

 by which Liopsetta putnami may be separated from it. It is possible, 

 however, that differences would appear on actual comparison of speci- 

 mens. In view of the wide distance between the habitats of the two 

 species, we here leave them separate for the present. Although Liop- 

 setta putnami is abundant where found* its ascertained range is some- 

 what limited. The specimens in the U. S. National Museum represent 

 localities from Salem, Mass., to Belfast, Me. In the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology the localities represented are Providence, Boston, 

 Salem, Grand Man an, and Labrador. 



86. LIOPSETTA GLACIALIS. 



[Plate XVII.] 



Pleuronectes (jlacialis Pallas, "Itin.,iii, App.,706" (mouth of river Obi). Bloch and 

 Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 150 (copied). Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat.,iii, 

 424, 1811 (mouth river Obi). Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., Fish., 258, 1836 

 (copied). DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, p. 302, 1842 (copied). Storer, Syn. 

 Fish.N. A., 1846, p. 479 (copied). Bean, Proc. II. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, p. 241 

 (Kotzebue Sound, Northern Alaska). Jordan and Gilbert, Syu. Fish. N. A., 

 1882, 837 (from specimens taken by Dr. Bean). Bean, Cat. Col. Fish U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1883, p. 20 (Kotzebue Sound, Alaska). Beau, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Amm., 

 1884, 184, pi. 47 (Saint Michael's). 



Pleuronectes cicairicosus Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. -Asiat., iii, 424, 1811 (male) (sea between 

 Kamtschatka and Alaska). 



Pleuronectes frankUnii Giintber, Cat. Fish., iv, 442, 1862 (Arctic seas of America) 

 (female). Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, p. 241. 



Habitat. — Arctic Ocean south to Saint Michael's. 



This small flounder is known to us only from the specimens taken by 

 Dr. Bean. It is said to be abundant in the Arctic Ocean, and as far 

 south as Saint Michael's, " although small, its great abundance and fine 

 flavor make it important as an article of food." 



