. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 113. PLEURONECTID^ PARALICIITIIYS. 821 evenly imbricated; lateral line very prominent. Dorsal fin beginning just bebind the middle of the eye; caudal peduncle nearly as long as the pectoral fin, about two-fifths the length of the head. Head 3f; depth 3^. D. 103; A. 80; Lat. 1. 135. San Francisco to Alaska, in deep water; retching a length of 2 feet. iPlattjaomaiichthyh atomiaa Jordaa & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880,301.) 494.—PARALICHTHYl Girard. [rseudorhomhus Sleeker: Ancylopaetta, Chwnopsella, and Uropaetta G
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 113. PLEURONECTID^ PARALICIITIIYS. 821 evenly imbricated; lateral line very prominent. Dorsal fin beginning just bebind the middle of the eye; caudal peduncle nearly as long as the pectoral fin, about two-fifths the length of the head. Head 3f; depth 3^. D. 103; A. 80; Lat. 1. 135. San Francisco to Alaska, in deep water; retching a length of 2 feet. iPlattjaomaiichthyh atomiaa Jordaa & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880,301.) 494.—PARALICHTHYl Girard. [rseudorhomhus Sleeker: Ancylopaetta, Chwnopsella, and Uropaetta Gill: Xtjatreurya J. «& G: Hippogloaaina Steindauhuer.) (Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Sn'-v. Fish. 185H, 146: typo Paralichthya maculoaua Girard.) Eyes and color on the left side (except in Paralichthys maculosns and ParaUckthys Uolepis, reversed examples of which species are about as common as sinistral ones). Body oblong; mouth large, oblique; each jiiTT with a single row of usually slender and sharp teeth, which are more or less enlarged anteriorly; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Gill- rakers vprious. Scales small, ctenoid or cycloid; lateral line simple, with a strong curve anteriorly. Dorsal flu beginning above or before the eye; both ventrals lateral; caudal fin double truncate, or double concave, its middle rays produced; no anal spine. Species numerous, found in all warm seas. (Tra/jaAAsAo?, parallel; i-/Oi'j-, &»h.) 1364. P. cstlifornicus (Ayres) J. & G.—Monterey halibut; Bastard haUbut. Grayish brown, uniform, or mottled with blackish and pale, the head sometimes sprinkled with black dots; young brownish, with bluish spots. Body rather long and thickish; head small; eye small, little wider than the broad, flattish interorbital space; maxillary as long as pectoral, half length of head, reaching beyond eye; teeth slender, sharp, rather long, the canines moderate. Scales shiall, finely ciliate, each scale surrounded by narrow, accessory scales; scales on bl
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