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FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



This flounder is fouiid coastwise from Maine to South Carolina. The names 

 window-pane and daylight, by which it is sometimes known, have reference to 

 the thinness of its body, so that light is transmitted through it. Although its 

 flesh is well flavored, the fish has so little substance that it has no economic value. 

 It is common in Beaufort Harbor on sand bars. Yarrow makes it the object of a 

 torch fishery with spears, but his remarks apply to the flounders of the genus 



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Fig. 180. Sand Flounder. Lophopsetta nmcvlata. 



Paralichthys, which are the only species of economic importance at Beaufort. 

 Numerous specimens examined at Beaufort by Prof. Linton contained fish, 

 crabs, and shrimp. 



Genus CITHARICHTHYS Bleeker. Whiflfs. 



Body oblong, sinistral, covered with thin, deciduous, ctenoid or cycloid 



scales; mouth with single series of teeth in each jaw; lateral line straight; dorsal 



fin beginning on or near snout, without produced anterior rays. Rather small 



flounders, chiefly found on sandy shores of tropical America; the 3 following 



species known from the North Carolina coast, 1 of them from offshore : 



i. Eye large, .25 head. 



a. Depth of body about .4 length; mouth very small, maxillary .28 head; color plain; deep- 

 water species arctifrons. 



aa. Depth of body about .5 length; mouth larger, maxillary .4 head; side and fins dark- 

 spotted; shoal-water species macrops. 



ii. Eye small, .16 head spUopterus. 



(Citharichthys, a fish that lies on its side.) 



