NO. 1484. JA PANESE FLO UNDERS AND SOLES— JORDAN & STARK'S. 177 



7. PSEUDORHOMBUS OLIGODON (Bleeker). 



Rhombus oligodon Bleeker, Verli. Bat. Gen., XXVI, 1857, Nieuw, Nalez, Japan, 



p. 121 (Nagasaki); Natuur. Tyds. Nederl., VI, p. 419; ActSoe.Sci. Ind. Ned., 



V, Japan, pi. in, fig. 2. 

 Pseudorhombus oUgodun Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902, 



XXV, p. 365 (Formosa); (scales of blind side ctenoid; gillrakers x+11. 



A. 57; scales 78). 



Habitat. — Nagasaki to Formosa. 



Head, 3i iu length to base of caudal; depth, 2^V; eye, ^\\x\. head; 

 snout, to edg-e of upper eye, 4^; maxillar}^ 2|; dorsal, 78; anal 62; 

 scales, 74. 



Upper eye slightly anterior to lower; interorbital space very narrow; 

 maxillar}^ reaching to opposite posterior margin of lower eye or a 

 little past; canines fewer than in related species, about 20 on each side 

 of upper jaw; lower jaw with about 12, said to be in two rows of 6 

 each. 



Second raj- of dorsal opposite front of upper ej^e; pectoral bluntly 

 pointed reaching to angle of lateial line; its length 1| in head; middle 

 rays of caudal longest, forming a slight broadly rounded angle, arch of 

 lateral line contained 2f in straight part. 



Color uniform dusky on body with a dark blended blotch at angle of 

 lateral line; pectoral without markings, other fins with small round 

 dusk}' spots scattered over them. 



(Here described from the plate of the type specimen published by 

 Bleeker.) 



This species we did not find in Japan. It is known to us from a 

 specimen from Formosa. 



(o/V/;Kocr, few: odox'^z., tooth.) 



8. PSEUDORHOMBUS DUPLICIOCELLATUS Regan. 



Pseudurliombtis dapliciocellalus Re(;an, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1905, p. 26 (Kol)e). 



Habitat. — Inland Sea of Japan. 



Head, 4 in length; depth, 2f ; eye, 4f in head; dorsal, 74; anal, 56; 

 scales, 98; transverse series above curve of lateral line, 18. 



Snout a little shorter than eye; eyes separated by a ridge; maxillary 

 extending to l)elow middle of eye; gillrakers short and stout, 8 or 9 

 on lower part of arch; scales ctenoid on ocular side; c3'cloid on blind 

 side; pectoral of ocular side three-tifths of head; of blind side two- 

 fifths; middle caiulal rays longest; two-ninths of length; caudal 

 peduncle one-half as long as deep. 



Color olivaceous, with darker spots and markings and with 5 con- 

 spicuoirs ocelli or double ocelli arranged thus :: • ; fins with small dark 

 spots. Total length 380 nmi. (Regan.) 



This species is unknown to us. 



{duplex, double; ocella, eye-spot.) 



