LIST OF PLATES. Vll 



Tape — 

 The Rabbit-fish, Lagocephalus Icer^rjafns (L.) Gill 170 



DrawiDg by H. L. Todd ixom Ko. '^0757, V. S. National Museum, collected at Is'owport, Ehode Islaud, by Eon. Samuel 

 Powel. 



37. The Trunk-fish or Cow-fish, Ostrucion qiiadrieontis L 170 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21548, U. S. National Museum, collected at Charleston, South Carolina, July, 1878, by 

 C. C. Leslie. 



38. The Trigger-fish, Balisles capriscus Gmelin 172 



Dra-wing by H. L. Todd, from No. 15233, U. S. National Museum, collected at New York by Mr. Sutlieilaud. 



39. The Sea Horse, Hqipocampus heptagon us Enf _ 172 



Drawing by 11. L. Todd, from No. 3451, IT. S. National Museum, collected at Old Toint Comfort, Yir{;inia, by Commodore 

 Farragut, U. S. N. 



40. The Goose fi,sh or Bellows-fish, Lopliius piscatoriiis L _ 174 



Drawing by n. L. Todd, from specimen collected in Vineyard Sonnd, MassaeliuscUs, by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



41. The American Sole or " Hog Choker," Achirus Kneatiis (L. ) Cuv 176 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 12985, U. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's HoU, Massachusetts, July 14, 1871, 

 by Vinal N. Edwards. 



(Upper.) Showing upper side of iish. 

 (Lower.) Showing under side of fish. 



42. The American Plaice or Tiirbot Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus (L.) J. & G 178 



Drawing by H.L.Todd, from No. 21279, U. S. National Museum, collected at Arlington, Saint John's Hirer, Florida, 

 1878, by G. Brown Goode. 



43. The Four-spotted Flounder, ParaHchth]/8 oblongus (Mitch.) J. & G 181 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 10730, U. S. National Museum, collected at "Wood's HoU, ilassachusetts. by Piolessor 

 S. F. Baird. 



44. The Flatfish or Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americaniis (Walb.) Gill 182 



Drawing by H. L. Todd. 



45. The Smooth Flounder, Pleuronectes glaber (Storer) Gill 183 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 536S, XJ. S. National Museum, collected at Salem, Massachusetts, by C. I'utu in. 



46. The Starry Flounder, Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas 184 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 24164, U. S. National Museum, collected at San Francisco, Califui uia, January 1880, 

 by Professor D. S. Jordan. 



47. The Arctic Flounder, Pteuronfcfe.s glacialis Pallas 184 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27947, U. S. National Museum, collected at Kotzebue Sound, September 2, 1880, by Dall 

 and Bean. 



48. The Rough Limauda, Limanda asp'ra (Pallas) Bean 184 



Drawingby H. L. Todd, from No. 27944, U. S. National Museum, collected at Sitlta, Alaska, 1880, by Dr. T. H. Bean. 



49. The Rusty Dab, Limanda ferruginea (Storer) Goode &, Bean 184 



Drawing by H.L.Todd, from No. 21020, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 4, 1877, 

 by U. S. Fish Commission. 



50. The California "Sole," Lepidopsetta hiUrteala (Ayres) Gill 185 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27602, U. S. National Museum, collected at Saint Paul's, Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1880, 

 by Dr. T. H. Bean. 



51. The San Francisco " Sole," Pse«(c7!7/i,7S melanostiotus (i\ra,Ti 186 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 241G7, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at San Francisco, California, January, 1880, 

 by Professor D. S. Jordan. 



52. The Alaska Sand Dab, Uippoglossoides elassodon J. & G 188 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27938, XT. S. National Museum, collected at Humboldt Harbor, Shumagins, Alaska, 

 July 19, 1880, by Dr. T. H. Bean. 



53. The Atherestes Flounder, Atheresthes stomias J. & G 188 



Drawing by H.L.Todd, from No. 27186, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Point Eeyes, California, 1880, by Jordan 

 and Gilbert. 



54. The Halibut, Sippoglossus vulgaris Fleming 190 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 10439, U. S. National Museum, collected at Eastport, Maine, 1872, by U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



55. The Sand Dab, Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fab.) Gill 197 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 21002, U. S. National Museum, collected at Le Have Bank. August 21, 1877, by U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



56. The Greenland Turbot, Platijsomatichthys hippoglossoides (Walb.) Goode & Bean 198 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from a specimen obtained in Fulton Market, Now York. 



57. The Pole Flounder, Gli/ptocephalus ci/noglossus (L.) Gill 198 



Drawing by H. L. Todd. 



58. The Codfish, Gadus morrliiia L 200 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No 10444, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Easlport, Maine, 1S72, by TJ. S. Fisli Com- 

 mission. 

 The Atlantic Tom Cod, Mierogadus tomcod (Walb.) Gill 223 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 17733, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at AYood's HoU, Massachusetts, December 23. 

 1875. by Vinal N. Edwards. 



