. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 437.—Halibut, Hippoglosstis hippoglossus Linnseus. Marmot I., Alaska. the eyes almost as often on the right side as on the left side, as usual or normal in their type. The siunmer flounder {Para- lichthys dentatus) replaces the Monterey halibut on the Atlantic Coast, where it is a common food-fish. Farther south it gives way to the Southern flounder {Paralichthys lethostigma) and the Gulf flounder, Paralichthys albigutta. In Japan Para- lichthys olivaceus is equally common, and in western Mexico Paralichthys sinalocs. The four-spo
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. Fig. 437.—Halibut, Hippoglosstis hippoglossus Linnseus. Marmot I., Alaska. the eyes almost as often on the right side as on the left side, as usual or normal in their type. The siunmer flounder {Para- lichthys dentatus) replaces the Monterey halibut on the Atlantic Coast, where it is a common food-fish. Farther south it gives way to the Southern flounder {Paralichthys lethostigma) and the Gulf flounder, Paralichthys albigutta. In Japan Para- lichthys olivaceus is equally common, and in western Mexico Paralichthys sinalocs. The four-spotted flounder of New Eng- land, Paralichthys oblongus, belongs to this group. Similar species constituting the genus Pseudorhombus abound in India and Japan. The Plaice Tribe: Pleuronectinae.—The plaice tribe pass. grad- ually into the halibut tribe, from which they differ in the small mouth, in which the blunt teeth are mostly on the blind side. The eyes are on the right side, the vertebra are numerous, and the species live only in the cold seas, none being found in the tropics. In most of the Pacific species the lateral line. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt
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