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88. MICROSTOMAS KITT. 



(Tn 10 Smear Dab.) 

 Rhombus Icevis cornubiensis Jago in Ray, " Syn. Pise, 162, tab. 1, f. 1." 

 The Smear Dab Pennant, British Zoology, iii, p. 230, pi. 41, 1770." 

 Pleuronectes Jcitt Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, iii, 1792, 120 (after Ray : the description 



in part confused with that of Lepidorhombus). 

 Pleuronectcs Mtt Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichthyologia, 1801, 162 (after Ray). 

 Pleuronectes microcephalics Donovan, "British Fishes, ii, pi. 42, 1801." Giiuther, iv, 447. 



Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., viii,47 (Edinburgh). Day, Fishes Great Britaiu, 



ii, 28, pi. 102. Collett, Norges Fiske, 145, and of recent European writers 



generally. 

 Platessa microcephala Fleming, British Anirn., 198, 1828, and of numerous writers. 

 Cynoglossa microcephala Bonaparte, Catalogo Metodico Tesci Eur., 1845, 48. 

 Pleuronectes lecvis Shaw, Gen'l Zool., iv, 299, 1803. 

 Pleuronectes quenseli Holboll, " Bohusliins Fiske, iv, 59. " 



Pleuronectes quadridens Fabricius, " Kongl. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Afhandl., i, 39." 

 Pleuronectes microstomus " Faber, Isis, 1828, 886." 

 Microstomus latidens Gottsche, Wiegmann's Archiv, 1835, 150. 

 Pleuronectes (jilli Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, 1868, vii, 40. (Polar Sea, north of 



Iceland.) 



Habitat. — Seas of the north of Europe in rather deep water, south to 

 Cornwall. 



This small flounder is rather common in the waters of Northern 

 Europe. It reaches the length of a foot or more, and is said to be ex- 

 cellent as food. We have no specimens at hand, and have therefore 

 relied chiefly on the figure and description given by Dr. Day, in our 

 comparison of this species with M. pacificus. • Like its congener, M. 

 pacificus, this species is often very slimy in life. 



This species is*recorded by Day, on the authority of Dr. Steindach- 

 ner, as occurring in Kamtschatka. This reference probably belongs to 

 M. pacificus. 



The specific name " Icitt," given by Walbaum on the authority of 

 Jago's description, seems to be the one which should be adopted for 

 this species. According to Day, the species is still called "Jcitt" on 

 the coast of Cornwall. 



Pleuronectes gilli, as described by Dr. Steindachner, seems to differ 

 from Microstomus kitt only in the larger head, which is but 4f in the 

 length to base of caudal. It is probably not specifically distinct from 

 the latter. Only a single specimen 10 1 inches long is known. 



89. MICROSTOMUS PACIFICUS. 



(TnE Slippery Sole.) 



Glyptocephalus pacificus Lockington, Rep! Com. Fisheries, 1878-79, p. 43 (off Point 

 Reyes). Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, p. 86 (San Francisco). Jor- 

 dan, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 1884, 188. 



Cynicoglossus pacificus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, p. 453 (Puget 

 Sound, San Francisco, Monterey Bay). Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.. 1881, p. 68 (Seattle). Jordan and Gilbert, Synopsis Fish. N. A., 1882, 838. 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of Xorth America, Monterey to Vancouver's 

 Island, and probably northward. 



