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Family SPII YILENI ILK. 

 California Barracuda (Sphyraerta argentea, Girard). 

 A long and slender Barracudda, an important food fish, with 

 flesh rich, firm and delicate. 



Otter Point, Sooke. 



Family SCOMBRID^E. 



Chub Mackerel (Scomba colitis, Gmelin). 

 Nanaimo. 



California Bonito (Sarda chilensis, Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Rivers Inlet and Victoria. 



ORDER HETEROSOMATA. 



Family PLEURONECTID.E. 



Arrow-toothed Halibut (Atheresthes stomias, Jordan & Gilbert). 

 Straits of Georgia. 



Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Linnaeus). 



Victoria. Largest of the flounders. This genus contains but 

 one species, the well-known Halibut. Abundant on both coasts of 

 the North Atlantic and of the North Pacific. It is found in all 

 northern seas, southward in deep water to France. Taken with 

 hook and line on all cod banks. Its flesh is pure white and of a 

 delicate flavour, and when smoked forms a tempting morsel at the 

 breakfast table. 



The Sharp-nosed Flounder (Pleuronectes vetulus, Jordan & 

 Gilbert). 



The Starry Flounder (Pleuronectes stellalus, Pallas). 



Victoria. This is one of the largest flounders, reaching a weight 

 of fifteen to twenty pounds. Of the small-mouthed flounders it is 

 much the largest species known. It is excellent food-fish, and from 

 its size and abundance it is one of the most important of the group 

 in the region where it is found. It lives in shallow water and some 

 times ascends the largest rivers. It is one of the most widely dis- 

 tributed of all flounders. 



