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5. Limanda aspera (Pallas) Bean. Rough Flounder. 



Oceano orientali (Pall.); De Castries Bay (Steind. & 

 Kner) ; Alaska north to Port Clarence ; Eastern Si- 

 beria. 



Very abundant throughout the Gulf of Alaska. A food 

 fish of excellent flavor. At the Shumagins, late in 

 July, females have the ovaries well developed. 



27944. Sitka, Alaska, June 13, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



6. Pleuronectes glacialis Pallas. Arctic Flounder. 



t Pleuronectes cicatricosus Pall., Zoog. Ross.-Asiat., iii., p. 424 — "mari 

 iuter Camtschatcam et American)." 



River Obi (Pallas); Northern Alaska from Saint 



Michael's northward. 

 A small species, but abundant and extremely important 



to the coast Eskimo in their voyages. 



27947. Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, September 2, 1880. Dr. T. H. Bean. 



7. Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas. Stellate Flounder. 



San Luis Obispo, Monterey, and San Francisco (Jordan 

 & Gilbert) ; Columbia River and Puget Sound (Jor. 

 & Gilb.); Coppermine River (Rich.); Anderson River 

 (Baird) ; De Castries Bay (Steind.) ; Plover Bay 

 (Bean). 



The Anderson River specimen is still in the U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. This is perhaps the most widely dis- 

 tributed, in latitude, of all the flounders ; it reaches a 

 large size and has considerable economic importance. 



28012. Yakutat Bay, Alaska, June 24, 1880. Dall &Bean. 



8. HippogiossoMes elassodoia Jor. & Gilb. 



Puget Sound to TTnalashka. Common northward. 

 This is a food-fish of some value; the same is true of 

 nearly all the species of Pleuronectidw in Alaska. 

 27939. Unalasbka, Alaska, July 28, 1880. Dall & Bean. 



9. Hippoglossais vulgaris Fleming. Halibut; Kambal^; Pal- 



TOOSE. 



Sea between Kamtchatka and America (Pallas) ; San 

 Francisco to Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert) ; the 

 whole coast of Alaska as far north as Saint Michael's. 



Sold sparingly in San Francisco markets, where it is 

 brought from Vancouver Island. Experimentally 

 canned near Sitka in 1879 and smoked at Kodiak 

 later. The halibut in Alaska reaches a weight of 250 

 pounds, and is one of the most important sources of 

 fish-food for the natives. 

 27707. Port Althorp, Alaska, June 20, 1880. T. H. Bean. 



