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longest dorsal ray i Yz ; longest anal ray i ^ ; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2% ; caudal i ; pectoral 1^/7; snout 3^^ in head, 

 measured from tip of upper jaw; eye 4^^ ; maxillary 2^ ; inter- 

 orbital space 6. Body broadly rhomboid, strongly compressed 

 and translucent in life. Head small. Snout obtuse. Eye a little 

 elongate, anterior, lower and little in advance of upper. Mouth 

 large, maxillary, reaching anterior margin of pupil of lower orbit, 

 and its distal expansion i % in same, also^ with a bony tubercle on 

 its anterior end. Mandible projecting and with a knob protrud- 

 ing from symphysis. Jaws with uniserial teeth, in a very narrow 

 band in front. Interorbital space flattened. Gill-rakers 8 + 23, 

 slender, longest i^ in orbit. Scales small, cycloid, and im- 

 bricated in skin. Lateral line strongly arched in front, curved 

 part 21/^ in straight part. Maxillary, mandible, snout and greater 

 part of interorbital space naked. Scales on blind side a little 

 smaller than those on colored side. Anterior dorsal rays pro- 

 duced, ends branched and free, first near tip of snout, and those 

 at posterior third of fin highest. Origin of anal directly below 

 angle of preopercle, fin highest a little behind middle of its length, 

 or opposite corresponding part of dorsal. Ventral basis long, 

 that of colored side extending along ridge of body from notch 

 in isthmus to front of anal, base of ventral on blind side shorter. 

 Caudal long, rounded. Pectoral reaching past curve on colored 

 side, its mate i^ in its length. Color almost translucent light 

 olive, variegated with many small dark spots. Vertical fins with 

 large nebulous blotches or spots of dusky or blackish. Pectoral 

 on colored side speckled, other plain colored. Length \oy^ 

 inches. Sea Isle City. 



A small thin flounder, notable for its translucent appearance, 

 rarely exceeding 2 pounds, and not highly valued as a food-fish. 

 On our coast it is abundant. Many examples have been taken 

 at Cape May, Anglesea, Stone Harbor, Beesley's Point and At- 

 lantic City. Mr. Wm. J. Fox found the young at Sea Isle City 

 in August of 1905. 



Rhombus maculatus Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, 



P- 350. 



Sophopsetta maculata Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819, evi- 

 dently lapsus for Lophopsetta. 



