NO. 1484. JAPANESE FLO UNDERS AND SOLES— JORDAN dt STARKS. 173 



half as long; ventral with 6 rays, that of blind side not j^rolonged, its 

 base beginning behind front of ventral of eyed side and its tip reach- 

 ing farther past front of anal; caudal rounded behind, its outer edges 

 broadly rounded, scarcely angulated. 



Color light brown, spotted with dark brown, ocellated spots, 3 

 a ove and 3 below lateral line, the anterior upper spot in advance of 

 that belov,-; 5 spots with edges more blended along body near ba.se of 

 dor.sal, 4 similar ones along body near base of anal, these involving 

 base of tins; one on opercle just above gill-opening; pectoral of eyed 

 side dark brown. 



Two small specimens taken in from 45 to 60 fathoms, in Suruga 

 Bay; the former, the type, 65 mm. in length, is numbered 51461, 

 U.S.N. M.; the other is No. 838T, Stanford University. 



The species differs somewhat from the type of Engyjwosopon^ but 

 it is doubtless referable to the same genus, 



(Named for Dr. lijima, professor of zoology in the Imperial Uni- 

 versity of Tokyo.) 



4. PSEUDORHOMBUS Bleeker. 



Pxeudorhomhns Bleeker, Coniptes Rendus, Amsterd., XIII, 1862, p. 5 {polynpilos) . 

 Rhombiscus J oRDAtf AND Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1900, p. 379 {cin- 

 iiamomeus). 



This genus is closelv related to Paraltchthys, which it replaces in 

 the East Indian region. It differs in the presence of a short accessor}'^ 

 branch of the lateral line, extending upward and forward from near 

 tlie angle of the opercle to the dor.sal tin. The bod}^ is less elongate 

 than in ParaUehfhys^ the mouth smaller, with feebler teeth, and the 

 species are smaller in size. All Ijelong to the fauna of southeastern 

 Asia. 



{fevSf}?;^ false; po^fioff^ rhomhus^ flounder.) 



KEY TO SPECIES. 



o. Scales small, 65 to 89 in lateral line series. 

 h. Scales ctenoid on blind side, as well^ as on eyed side; D. 80; A. 60. Scales 80; 

 Gillrakers 8 below angle of arch; color dark; a black blotch on lateral 



lii-ie cinnamomi'us, 5 



bb. Scales cycloid on blind side, 

 c. Gillrakers rather few, 8 to 11 below angle of arch. 

 d. Scales moderate, 74 to 80 in lateral line. 

 ('. Pores in lateral line 79; D. 80; A. 63; depth I'i in length; canines rela- 

 tively numerous (22-18) mimkius, 6 



ee. Pores 74; D. 78; A. 62; depth 2^0; canines few (about 20-12 ).o;/(;orfon, 7 

 dd. Scales very small, 98 in lateral line; D. 74; A. 56; depth 2= in length. 



duplmoceUatut<, 8 

 cc. Gillrakers numerous, 16 or 18 below angle of arch; I). 77; A. 52; scales 60; 



body with about 5 dark ocelli orelU/er, 9 



aa. Scales large, 40 to 50 in lateral series; D. 66; A. 48; mouth small; body with 

 pale sjjots besides dark ones ..-■. oligolepis, 10 



