n 



Btowu, tinged with reddish, with irregular blackish ami 

 email white spots on the sides; brown transverse, bars across 

 the dorsal, pectoral and caudal fins. 



Between the eyes is a cylindrical soft ray, and behind and 

 above this are two other soft rays, enveloped in a common 

 granular membrane. Length, 2 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 11; P. 8; V. 7; C. 9. 



Chironecies Icevigatus^ Cuv. Mem. Mus. Ill, p. 423; pi. 16; 

 fig. 1; Storer, Rep. Mass., p. 73; DeKay, New York Fauna, 

 Fish, p. 165; pi. 27; fig. 83. 



Occurs in the oyster regions of Chesapeake Bay, but is per- 

 haps quite uncommon. 



XI-SOLEIDJE, 



ACHIRUS, Lac. .^_J 



A. lineatus. "" 



The Hog Choker; The American Sole. 



Oval, approaching to orbicular, flat; scales small, ascend- 

 ing high upon the dorsal, aval and caudal fins, lateral line 

 nearly straight Head, body and fins, greenish brown, with 

 numerous black blotches. Eyes, and colored surface on tlie 

 right side. 



There are two patterns of marking on this species offish, the 

 one with zig-zag bands, and the other spotted; some of the in- 

 termediate links are in the collection of the Maryland Aca- 

 demy of Sciences. Length, 3 to 6 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 56; Y. 4; A. 40; C. 16. 



Fleuronectes achirus, L. Syst. Nat. 10th edit, I, p. 208. 



Achirus fasciatus , Lacep. lY, pp. G59, 662. 



Fleuronectes mollis, Mitch, in Lit. tt Phil. Trans. Ncav 

 York, I, p. 388; pi. 2; fig. 4. 



Achirus lineatus, Cuv. Eegne Anim. 



— mollis, Storer, Syn. Fish, N. A., p. 22.8, and Fish, 

 Massach. p. 149; DeKav. New York Fauna, Fish, p. 303; 

 pL 49; fig. 159. 



Solea achirtis, Guenth, IV, p. 476. 



Immensely abundant in the Potomac Rivwr, south of Fojt 

 Washington; also in its tributaries iu Charles and St. Mary's 

 counties. 



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