Although with—evtdentty wrong rocerity,our-specimen Wis 
mere-L-ikely~reabiy~obteinea™ tt Pértie'” “t agrees best with the 
later accounts of the species by Evermann and Radcliffe’ in 
the fewer gillerakers and cycloid scales, though these authors 
say the scales are ctenoid. The scales, are, however, also 
more numerous in our specimen and this in agreement with P. 
adspersus (Steindachner ). 
Bull. U.S.Nat.Mus.,No.95,1917,p.140. 
2B4 
Lepidopsetta bilineata(Ayres).— 
Head 3 1/4; depth 2 1/4; D. 677; A. 54?; scales in 70 rows 
in lateral line to caudal base; 23 scales above lateral line, 30 below 
snout 5 in head from upper jaw tip to lower eye; eye 5; maxillary 
4; head width 3 1/6 in its total length. Maxillary oblique, reaches 
beyond front eye edge, though not quite to pupil; expansion 2 3/4 
in lower eye. Mandible well protruded. teeth uniserial in jaws, 
compressed, rather obtuse, even and better developed oh bvdlind 
side. Interorbital narrow elevated bony ridge, width about 1/3 
of maxillary expansion. ‘Scales not overlapping on head and front 
part of body, where many roughened with fine prickles in clusters 
of 6 to 20 or more; other scales cycloid; 8 rows of scales across 
cheek from eye to angle of preopercle ridge; curved section of 
lateral line moderate, 3 2/5 in straight section; accessory branch 
23/4 in total head length, Color in alcohol umber-brown on 
right or colored side, left side paler. Length 205 mm? One, in 
poor condition, from Puget Sound, 
