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Illustration. Page. 



166. "PARALICHTHYS SQUAMILENTUS." 923 2631 



Flounder. 



167. "PARALICHTHYS ALBIGUTTUS." No illustration. 2631 

 Gulf Flounder. 



168. "ANCYLOPSETTA QUADROCELLATA." 925 2634 



" Head 3& to 34; depth 1?<$. D. 70 to 76 ; A. 57 to 



Flounder. /4 5 ' l 7 ' 



59 ; pores in lateral line 83 to 90 ; vertical series of scales 

 70 ; fourth or fifth dorsal ray longest, nearly 3/3 length of head. 

 Caudal li in head; ventral of colored side \yi. Body oval, com- 

 pressed, very deep ; an abrupt angle above eye ; mouth very small, 

 the maxillary reaching to below middle of orbit, 2}4 m length of 

 head ; teeth comparatively small, about 14 on each side of lower 

 jaw ; no strongly differentiated canines in either jaw. Eyes moder- 

 ate, separated by a very narrow, sharp, scaly ridge ; gill rakers 

 very short, thick, few in number, 2 -f- 6 or 7, the longest less than 

 }4 diameter of pupil ; scales rather small, very strongly ctenoid, 

 those on blind side also rough ; curve of lateral line rather low ; 

 tubes of lateral line simple ; dorsal beginning in front of pupil, 

 its anterior rays long and filiform, much exserted ; caudal short 

 and rounded, If in head ; ventral fin of colored side rather long, 

 as long as pectoral, *4 length of head ; anal spine wanting. Color, 

 brownish olive, with 4 large, oblong, ocellated spots, the first 

 above the arch of the lateral line ; the 3 posterior forming an 

 isosceles triangle, the hindmost being on the lateral line, the 

 ocellated spots are frequently furnished with a bright white center, 

 and the sides and vertical fins have often a few scattered white spots ; 

 a small, indistinct, dark spot on middle of each eighth or tenth ray 

 of dorsal and anal. Vertebra; 9 -(- 26 = 35." 



