72 Catalogue of the Fishes of Connecticut. 



Family Planidce. 



122. Hippoglossus vulgaris, Linn., Halibut, Stonington. 



*123. Platessa plana, Mitchill, Flatfish, confimon. 



124. Platessa ferruginea, Storer, Rusty Dab, Massachusetts 

 and New York. 



*125. Platessa dentata, Mitchill, Toothed Flatfish, Stratford. 



*126. Platessa oblonga, Mitchill, Flounder, Stratford. 



*127. Pleuronectes aquosus, Mitch., Watery Flounder, Bridge- 

 port and Stonington. 



*128. Achirus mollis, Mitchill, New York Sole, Stratford. 



Family Cyclopteridcc. 

 *129. Lumpus vulgaris, Cuv., Lumpfish, Long Island Sound? 



Family Echeneidce. 



*130. Echeneis remora, Linn., Common Suckfish, Long Isl- 

 and Sound? 



*123. Dr. Storer names this " \h.e flounder of Massachusetts ;'' and Dr. Dekay, 

 " the JYew York flat-fish;^' but as it is one of the most common fishes on our coast, 

 and to which we all have equal claim, I think flat-fish, the only name in Con- 

 necticut, quite sufficient. The radial formula of this fish varies more than that of 

 any other species observed ; that is, in the dorsal and anal fin rays. In Dr. Storer's 

 specimen as shown in his Report, the dorsal rays were 65 — anal 48. Dr. Dekay's 

 were, dorsal, 67 — anal, 46. In three individuals I had taken promiscuously, the 

 rays were as follows : Dorsal, 71 — anal, 52. Dorsal, 61 — anal, 48. Dorsal, 60 — 

 anal, 47. 



*125. Mr. G. Landon, of Bridgeport, informs me, that he took an individual of 

 this toothed flat fish in Stratford, which weighed 5 pounds. 



*126. The flounder is caught here with the flat-fish in considerable numbers by 

 seines. It is instantly distinguished by its eyes and color, on the opposite side. It 

 is nearly allied to the dentata, but is different in its coloring upon the dark side, 

 and rather deeper or wider in proportion to its length. 



*127. The leader?/ ^ouTwZer is occasionally taken in seines at Bridgeport, but is 

 not eaten. Fishermen erroneously consider it poisonous. 



*128. I have obtained a very beautiful specimen of the New York sole, from the 

 seines in Stratford. All the transverse bands on one side are very distinct, and the 

 round spots on the other are equally so. Fishermen also universally reject this 

 fish from fear of its poisoning them. This fish has been taken by Mr. Olmsted, 

 above Hartford. 



*129. The lumpfish is said to be a native of the northern seas, but has been 

 found as far south as New York, which is supposed to be its southern limit. Dr. 

 Storer indicates that it is not uncommon in Massachusetts, and is frequently found 

 washed upon the beaches after storms. 



*130. This fish has been taken from vessels in the harbor of New York, and I 

 have a fine specimen about 6 inches, taken (it was said) from the belly of a shark. 

 It has eighteen plates on the disk. 



