106 



BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



of posterior third of body; a row of indistinct ocelli at base of each vertical fin; numerous dusky dots and 

 blotches on fins. 



One large specimen from Bulan (no. 4050; length 15.5 in.). Type, no. 55S9S. U. S. National Museum, 

 collected by Charles J. Pierson. 



292. Psettodes eruniei (Bloch & Schneider). Uguerangueray. 



Two specimens from San Fabian (no. 3848 and 3849: length 4.75 and 6.5 in.). Head 3.G in length; depth 

 2.5: eyes on right side. It may be that the sinistral specimens recorded by Gunther and Bleeker are a different 

 species. 



Pleuroneetes erumei Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Iehth., l-"'0. 1801, "ad Tranquebarium." 



Psettodes erumei, Gunther, Cat., iv, 402 (China; Amboyna: Pinang; India): Day, Fishes India, 422, pi. xci, fig. 4; Bleeker, 

 Atlas, vi, 4, pi. cexxxn. fig. 2. 



Family vSOLEIDyE. 



293. Achirus hartzfelclii Bleeker. 



One specimen from " Philippine Islands" (no local label: no. 4012; length 4.5 in.). Anal 63; lateral line 9S. 



Achirus harlzfeldii Bleeker, Nut. Tijds. Ned. Ind., IV, 1853, 123, Amboyna; Atlas, vi, 25, pi. ccxlvi. fig. 1. 

 .1 si higgodes hartzfeldii, Ka-up, Archiv f. Naturgesch., jhg. xxiv, 1S5S. bd. i, 103. 

 Solea hartzfeldii, Giinther, Cat., iv. 471 (Amboyna). 



294. Synaptura sorsogonensis Evermann & Seale, new species. 



Head 5.25 in length without caudal; depth2.37; dorsal74; anal 61; caudal 15; dorsal and anal continuous 



with caudal; pores of lateral line 141, of which 29 are in the short curved portion above the head; inter/orbital 

 space scaled, scarcely greater than diameter of lower eye; upper eye covered by skin; the beaklike snout not 

 extending around to a line with eye; upper nostril a distinct hollow papilla located in front of lower eye; 





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Fig. 22. — Synaptura sorsogonensis Evermann & Seale, new species. Type. 



nostril of blind side greatly diluted and fringed; anterior part of lead with numerous dermal fringes: dermal 

 flaps scattered in groups over different portion of body, 4 such groups on lateral line and 4 on each side ol bodj , 

 alternating with the groups on lateral line; smaller groups along base of dorsal and anal fin; lateral line straight 

 until it reaches head, where it makes a sharp curve ending on a line with anterior margin of upper eye; gillrakers 

 obsolete; colored pectoral 3.75 in head; uncolored pectoral 1; dorsal beginning on snout in front of eyes, its 

 middle ray 1.85 in head; middle anal ray 2 in head: colored ventral 2.9; caudal 1.3. 



