. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. lis. PLEURONECTID^ PLEURONECTES. 835 13§6. P. asper Pallas. Brown, nearly plain, the blind side with tinges of lemon-yellow. Form of P. MlineatMS. Teeth small, almost conical, on both sides of the mouth; interorbital space narrow, scaly; opercle and preopercle naked below. Gill-rakers very feeble. Pharyngeals not very broad, their teeth bluutish, not paved. Scales small, wide apart, partly imbedded, each one with 1-4 spinules, which are almost erect; anterior scales with 3-i. of these spinules; posterior mostly with 1; sc
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. lis. PLEURONECTID^ PLEURONECTES. 835 13§6. P. asper Pallas. Brown, nearly plain, the blind side with tinges of lemon-yellow. Form of P. MlineatMS. Teeth small, almost conical, on both sides of the mouth; interorbital space narrow, scaly; opercle and preopercle naked below. Gill-rakers very feeble. Pharyngeals not very broad, their teeth bluutish, not paved. Scales small, wide apart, partly imbedded, each one with 1-4 spinules, which are almost erect; anterior scales with 3-i. of these spinules; posterior mostly with 1; scales of blind side smoother; middle rays of dorsal and anal only scaly. No accessory lateral line. Anal spine present; twentieth anal ray and thirty-seventh dorsal ray longest; caudal double truncate. Head 3^; depth 2. D. G9; A. 53. Alaska to Kamtschatka. {Pleuronectea aaper Pallas, Zoogr. iii, 42r), 1811: Pleuronectea aaper Giia- tlicr, iv, 454: Limanda aapera Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 242.) 128?. P. bcant (Goode) J. &.. G. Grayish, mottled with darker; a conspicuous black blotch on the outer rays of caudal on each side. Body elliptical, with angular out- lines, strongly compressed; head very short; snout abbreviated; mouth small, subvertical; teeth small, apparently in two rows, chiefly on the blind side of lower jaw; eyes large, as long as mandible; interorbital 8pace very narrow. Dorsal fln beginning about pupil, its rays long, wide apart, exserted; right ventral near the median line. Caudal broad, fan-shaped. Lateral line with an abrupt curve, the length of which is twice its height and about equal to length of head, its scales highly specialized; lateral line on colored side less developed. Scales small, strongly ctenoid on the right side; larger and cycloid on the blind side. Head ^; depth 2*. D. 64; A. G3; Lat. 1. 88, 27 scales in its curve. Deep water off' the Ehode Island coast. {Goode.) {Limanda beani Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 473.)
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