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Illustration. Paee. 



164. "PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS." 922 2629 



Flounders ; " Head %% to 4 ; depth 2| ; eye 6 in head ; 



Summer Flounder. maxillary 2 ; pectoral 2i ; ventral S}4 ; caudal 

 peduncle 4; caudal lj{. D. 86 to 91 ; A. 65 to 71 ; lateral line 

 108 (tubes). Curve of lateral line 3^ to 4yi in straight portion ; 

 body ovate ; maxillary about )A, head, reaching past posterior margin 

 of eye ; mouth large, oblique, the gape curved ; canines large, coni- 

 cal, wide set; gill rakers comparatively long and slender, longest fz eye, 

 5 + 15 to 6 + 18 in number; interorbital area a rather flattish ridge, 

 in the adult about equal to vertical diameter of eye, narrower in the 

 young, forming a bony ridge ; scales cycloid, each with numerous 

 small accessory scales; vertebrae 11 + 30 = 41. Color, in life, 

 light olive brown ; adults with very numerous small white spots on 

 body and vertical fins ; sometimes a series of larger white spots along 

 bases of dorsal and anal fins ; about 14 ocellated dark spots on sides, 

 these sometimes little conspicuous, but always present ; a series of 4 

 or 5 along base of dorsal, and 3 or 4 along base of anal, those of the 

 2 series opposite, and forming pairs ; 2 pairs of smaller less distinct 

 spots midway between these basal series and lateral line anteriorly, 

 with a small one on lateral line in the center between them ; a large 

 distinct spot on lateral line behind middle of straight portion ; fins 

 without the round dark blotches." 



165. "PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMUS." No illustration. 2630 

 Southern Flounder. 



