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that there the average weight of the Lesser Halibut is 
between 5 and 10 lbs., but that on this voyage some 
extraordinarily large specimens were taken, weighing 
on an average more than 20 lbs. 
In all the characters, except those given above — 
almost all of which may be interpreted as expressions 
scattered, suggest that the Lesser Halibut is still more 
voracious than its near relative; and to this is due, in 
all probability, its reputation for fatness. 
This supposition is borne out by the descriptions 
of both Fabricius and Rink. “The Lesser Halibut, 
Kalleraglik,” says the latter, “is distinguished by its 
Fig. 112. Platysomaticlitlnjs hippoglossoides from Greenland, a (eye side) and b (blind side) 1 the natural size, drawn from a specimen 
in the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen University; e (eye side of the head) and d (blind side of the head) natural size, 
drawn from a specimen taken at Godhavn by Captain Amundsen. 
of a lower degree of development and less advanced 
a, symmetry — the Lesser Halibut is so like the preceding 
species that no detailed description is necessary, as we 
are enabled to refer to our carefully- drawn figures, 
flic larger size of the mouth and the comparatively 
greater strength of the jaw-teeth, though they are more 
occurrence in deep-water, and is taken almost exclu- 
sively in the ice-fjords, or at spots where large icebergs 
drift past or where they continually run aground. 
Furthermore it is caught only during the coldest months 
of the year. This species has been observed in many 
places widely removed from each other, on occasions 
