NO. 1484. JAPANESE FLOUNDERS AND SOLES— JORDAN & STARR'S. 175 



It may be known from Pi misakius and P. ocellifer by the ctenoid 

 scales of the l)lind side; from the latter by its few gillrakers, and 

 from the former b}^ its more angulated head and higher and sharper 

 interorbital ridge. Other difi'erences appear in the description of 

 Pseudoi'homhus misakius. 



{cin7ia7no7netis, cinnamon-colored, ) 



6. PSEIXDORHOMBUS MISAKIUS Jordan and Starks, new species. 



Habitat. — Coasts of Southern eTapan. 



Head, 3| in length to base of caudal; depth, 1|; eye, 5 in head; 

 maxillary, 2i; snout, 5; dorsal, 80; anal, 63; pores in lateral line, 79. 



Anterior upper profile descending more abruptly than in P. cimimno- 

 meus, the snout not so nuich produced, and the notch in front of upper 

 eye smaller and sharper; mouth very much arched; maxillary reaching 



Fig. 4. — PsEUDORHOMBUS MISAKIUS. (Kobe.) 



to below posterior margin of pupil; teeth smaller than in P. eiivnamo- 

 meus, but otherwise similar; canines 17 or 18 in lower jaw, on each side, 

 20 to 24 on each premaxillary. Tip of mandible truncate, even with 

 premaxillary when mouth is closed; lower edge of mandible nearly 

 straight, slightly concave toward its tip, but not strongly concave, 

 thus making a sharp angle below its blunt tip as in P. oinnamomeus ; 

 neither does its posterior end form an angle at lower outline of head; 

 interorbital space low, not projecting above level of cheek; it is rather 

 narrow but smoothly rounded (interorbital space a high sharp ridge 

 in P. cinnavwmeus); gill rakers very slightly longer than in P. cinna- 

 inomeus and not sliarply pointed; the longest as long as diameter of 

 pupil; 10 or 11 of them developed on lower limb of arch. 



Origin of dorsal opposite notch in upper profile, or somewhat in 

 front of anterior margin of upper eye; pectorals broadly rounded, 

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