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darker. Left ventral brownish and with its radii finely specked 

 with a little darker like those of pectoral, though its inner basal 

 region paler. Ventral pale or white like right surface of body. 

 Right surface of caudal becoming darker distally, usually a livid 

 pale brown. Iris pale brown, a narrow rim around pupil of dull 

 old-gold. Upper surface of eye specked brownish. Inside of 

 mouth whitish. Left sides of dorsal and anal similar to caudal 

 though usually more whitish. Two examples, larger about 23 

 inches long. Sea Isle City, October 15th, 1905, Wm. J. Fox. 



The most important flounder on our coast as a food-fish, 

 reaching a length of 3 feet and a weight of 15 pounds. I have 

 examined many examples from Cape May, Wildwood, Holly 

 Beach, Anglesea, Grassy Sound, Stone Harbor, Ocean City, 

 Beesley's Point, Barnegat Pier and Atlantic City, where it is 

 abundant all summer and the object of sport to nearly all visit- 

 ing anglers of the south Jersey shores. Frequently on a good 

 tide as many as several dozen are taken during a day. 



Paralichthys dentatus Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, 

 p. 135.— Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 363.— Smith, 

 Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 379. 



Platessa ocellaris Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, p. 



349- 



Chcenopsetta ocellaris Abbott, Geol. X". J., 1868, p. 819. — Ver- 

 rill. Am. Nat., i, 1871, p. 399. 



Genus Limanda Gottsche. 

 The Mud Dabs. 



Limanda ferruginea (Storer). 



Plate 88. 



Fluke. 



Among the true flounders this species mav be distinguished 

 by the arch anteriorly in the lateral line. 



I have never seen any New Jersey examples. 

 Myzopsetta ferruginea Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819. 



