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115. ACHIRUS FIMBRIATUS. 



Solea fimbriata Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 477 (Gulf of Fonseca). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America (Gulf of Fonseca). 



This species is known from Giiuther's description of :i specimen taken 

 by Sir John Eichardson. 



116. ACHIRUS FASCIATUS. 



(The American Sole; Hog-Choker.) 

 (Plates XXII and XXIII.) 



Pleuronectes lineatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 458 (on a specimen from Charleston, 

 received from Dr. Garden), (not Pleuronectes lineatus of edition x). Gronow, 

 Systema, ed. Gray, 1854, 90 (in part, chiefly based on Linnaeus). 



Achirus lineatus Cuvier, Regne Animal, 1828. Gill, Cat. Fishes East Coast N. Am., 

 Rept. U. S. F. C, 1872-73. Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, 

 368 (Beaufort ; Neuse R. ). Goode, op. tit. , 1879, 110 (St. John's R. ). Goode & 

 Bean, op. c, 1879, 123 (Peusacola, Potomac R.). Bean, op. c, 1880, 77 (Poto- 

 mac R., New Bedford, Tompkinsville, N. Y., Newport, Chesapeake Bay, 

 Providence). Jordan & Gilbert, op. tit., 1882, 618 (Charleston). Bean, op. tit., 

 1883, 365 (Havre de Grace). 



Grammichthys lineatus Kaup, Wieginann's Archiv, 1858, 101. 



Achirus fasciatus Lace"pede, Hist. Nat., Poiss., iv, 659, 662, 1803 (excl. syn. ; description 

 based entirely on the Linnaean account of the fish sent by Garden). 



Pleuronectes mollis Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, 388, pi. 2, f. 4 

 (New York). 



Achirus mollis Storer, Synopsis, 1846, 228. Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, 206, pi. 32 

 (Charles River, Holmes' Hole, Mass. ). DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 

 303, pi. 49, f. 159 (New York, ascending the Hudson River to Peekskill). 



Achirus achirus mollis Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 137. 



Pleuronectes apoda Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Mag. and Crit. Rev., Feb'y, 1818, 244 

 (Straits of Bahama), (perhaps^!, lineatus). 



Trinectes scabra Rafinesque, "Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge, i, 1832 

 (Pennsylvania, in fresh water)." 



Solea achirus Giinther, iv, 476, 1862 (New York) (not Pleuronectes achirus L.). 



Achirus achirus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 19. Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 1885, 

 137. 



Solea browni Giinther, iv, 477 , 1862 (New Orleans, Texas). 



Achirus lineatus var. browni Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 305 (Pen- 

 sacola, Galveston). 



Habitat. — Atlantic coast of the United States, from Cape Cod to 

 Texas, often ascending" streams. 



This species is the best known of the American soles, and it is com- 

 mon along our coast from Cape Cod to Texas, often ascending the 

 rivers for a considerable distance above tide-water. It seldom exceeds 

 5 or 6 inches in length, and is of but little value as food on account of 

 its small size. It was first described in the twelfth edition of the 

 Systema Naturre from a specimen sent to Linnaeus by Dr. Garden. 

 This specimen received the name of Pleuronectes lineatus , but the Pleu- 

 ronectes lineatus of the tenth edition was a different fish, the name 

 being originally based on a description of an Achirus found by Brown 



