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POMATOPSETTA, Gill. 

 JP. dentata.'^ 



The Summer Flounder. Toothed Flat Fish. 



Figure elliptical. The height of the body is one-half of the 

 total length, (without caudal) ; the length of the head one- 

 fourth. Mouth very large. Upper jaw slightly projecting 

 over the lower, and both furnished with a single row of pro- 

 minent sharp teeth, separated from each other, so that when 

 the mouth is closed, the teeth of one jaw shut into the space 

 between those of the opposite jaw. The lower jaw has a 

 blunt epine at the chin. Lips small. Eyes separated by a 

 bony ridge, covered with scales similar to those over the 

 whole head. The lateral line is scarcely bent above the pec- 

 toral. The dorsal fin commences over the eyes ; the anal 

 behind the middle of the pectorals ; pectoral half as long as 

 the head. Reddish brow^n, or pale brown, on the right side, 

 without lines or spots. Pupils black ; irides golden. Edge 

 of the anal and dorsal fins bordered with white. Length, 20 

 inches. 



Fin- rays :— D. 91 ; P. 11 ; V. 6 ; A. 70 ; C. 18. 



Fleuronedes dentata, Mitch, in Lit. & Phil. Trans. New 

 York, I, p. 390. 



Platessa dentata, Storer. Fish, Massach. p. 143. 



Hipjjoglossoides dentaius, Guenther, Bj'it. Fish. IV, p. 406. 

 Specimens have been occasionally taken along the coast of 

 Worcester county. 



GADUS, Arteai. 

 G. morrJiua, 



Common Cod-Fish. 



This fish is well known as Cod-fish, Cabeljau, (old and 

 fresh,) Stockfisch, (dried,) or Laberdan, (salted.) The height 

 of the body is less than the length of the head, which is two- 



