N0.1484. JAPANESE FLOUNDERS AND SOLES— JORDAN d: STARKS. 197 



A genus of subarctic flounders, doubtless degenerate, rather than 

 primitive in its traits. 



(aOtjp, the beard or spike of an ear of corn; e'ff^ico^ to eat; from 

 the arrow-shaped teeth.) 



25. ATHERESTHES EVERMANNI Jordan and Starks. 

 Atheresthes evermanni Jordan and Starks, Bull. U. S. Fish Commission, XXII, 

 1902 (1904), p. 630, pi. v, fig. 1 (Matsushima Bay). 

 Habitat.— Mixtsushimn Bay, in deep water. 

 Head, 3.3 in length; depth, 3; D. lU; A. 94; scales, 109; upper 



