. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 176 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. thongli it is ratlior stroni^ly ourved in tliis region. Tlie mouth is small and tlie maxillary scaroi'ly reaches to below the middle of the lower eye. The eolor is dark brown or nearly black, with spots or stripes ou the dorsal, anal and eandal fins, formed by a few black rays, then a few orange or brownish ones, and thus alternating so that the stripes run lengthwise of the rays. The starr}'^ flounder is
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 176 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. thongli it is ratlior stroni^ly ourved in tliis region. Tlie mouth is small and tlie maxillary scaroi'ly reaches to below the middle of the lower eye. The eolor is dark brown or nearly black, with spots or stripes ou the dorsal, anal and eandal fins, formed by a few black rays, then a few orange or brownish ones, and thus alternating so that the stripes run lengthwise of the rays. The starr}'^ flounder is one of our commonest flounders. It is widely distributed, being found from southern California to the Arctic Ocean,. Fig. 98. The Starry Flounder (.Platichthys stcllatus). and southward on the Asiatic side to the Amur River. It reaches a weight of 15 or 20 pounds. It lives in shallow water and sometimes ascends the larger rivers. Commercially it is one of the important flounders on account of its size and abundance, but as a table fish it is one of the poorest, being rather coarse and tasteless, and not to be compared with some of the flounders. It is almost the only flat-fish still known as a flounder, and is sometimes called "the flounder," but even it helps to form "fillet of ; The Slippery or Chinese "Sole" (Microstomus pacificus). This is a slender flounder, covered with very fine scales. The mouth is very small, the maxillary reaching only a little past the front of the eye. The eyes are large and separated by a flat, scaly area. The teeth are developed on the blind side only of the jaw. They are broad and close set so that they form a continuous cutting edge. The gill open- ing does not extend above the pectoral fin. The lower eye is much longer than the snout. The slippery sole is so called on account of the excessive mucous that covers it. On this account it is sometimes thrown back into the water by the paranzella-net men when othe
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