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necessary, and it is evident that to the " P. ophryas" belong also the prior 

 names dentatus, melanog aster, and occllaris. (dentatus, toothed.) 



Pleuronectes dentatus, LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. XH, 1, 458, 1766, and of numerous copyists; 

 MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, 390. 



Pleuronectes melanogaster, MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, 390, New York; 

 doubled example. 



Platessa ocellaris, DE KAY, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 300, pi. 47, fig. 152, 1842, New York. 



Paralichthys ophryas, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 822, 1883, Charleston. 



Platessa dentata, STORER, Kept. Fish. Mass., 143, 1839. 



Pseudorhombus dentatus, GOODE & BEAN, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 123. 



Paralichthys dentatus, GOODE, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 178, 1884, detailed account; in- 

 cludes P.lethostigma-, JORDAN, Cat. Fish. NY A., 134, 1885; JORDAN & Goss, Review 

 Flounders and Soles, 246, 1889. 



Pseudorhombus ocellaris, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 430, 1862; JORDAN &. GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1878, 370. 



Chcenopsefta ocellaris, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1864, 218. 



Paralichthys ocellaris, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 617. 



2997. PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 

 (SOUTHERN FLOUNDER.) 



Head 3|; depth 2fc. D. 85 to 92; A. 65 to 73; pores about 100. Body 

 ovate, more or less compressed and opaque; no distinct, definitely placed 

 ocelli ; scales cycloid. Mouth wide, oblique, the mandible very heavy 

 and much projecting; 8 to 10 teeth on each side of the lower jaw, the 2 

 anterior teeth very long; anterior teeth of upper jaw strong, but smaller 

 than those in the lower jaw; the lateral teeth very small and close set; 

 eyes small, shorter than the snout, about 6 in head; interorbital space in 

 adult broad, flattish, and scaly, as wide as length of eye. Accessory 

 scales few ; gill rakers 2 + 10, lanceolate, dentate, wide set, and much 

 shorter than the eye ; caudal peduncle rather long ; length of arch of 

 lateral line nearly that of straight part. Color dusky olive, darker 

 than in P. dentatus, and with very few darker mottlings or spots. This 

 species is the common large flounder of the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts 

 of the United States, ranging as far north as New York. It very closely 

 resembles Paralichthys dentatus, with which it has been repeatedly con- 

 founded. It is, however, sharply distinguished by the character of the 

 gill rakers. It is also always darker in color, and almost uniform, while 

 P. dentatus is usually profusely spotted. Its only tenable name is the 

 recent one, Paralichthys lethostif/mus. South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of 

 United States, north to New York. (XrjBrf, forgetfuluess ; tiriyiia, spot, 

 from the absence of spots.) 



Platesta oblonga, DE KAY, New York Fauna: Fishes, 299, pi. 48, fig. 156, 1842, New York, 

 not Pleuronectes oblongus, MITCHILL; STORER, Syn. Fish. N. A., 477, 1846. 



Paralichthys lethostigma, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 237, Jacksonville, 

 Florida; JORDAN <fc Goss, Keview Flounders and Soles, 247, 1889. 



Pseudo-rhombus oblongus, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 426, 1862. 



Chcenopsetta dentata, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 218. 



Pseudorhombus dentatus, GOODE, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 110 ; GOODE <fc BEAN, Proc. TJ. 

 S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 123. 



Paralichthys dentatus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 302 ; JORDAN & GIL- 

 BERT, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 617 ; BEAN, Cat. Coll. Fish, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mas. 1883, 

 45; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 822, 1883. 



