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lateral line, three on back in a row following dorsal outline and a dis- 

 tance below base of dorsal equal to postorbital length of head, three 

 on lower part of side similarl}^ arranged and opposite those on baciv; 

 fins irregulp.rly speckled with brown. 



According to Regan, this Japanese species is distinct from /^seudo- 

 rhomlms prntophthdJinus^ described by Giinther, from China. It has 

 much in common with I'seHdorJiomhus russell! described from Canton 

 by Gray. It seems to differ in color and also in the larger size of the 

 mouth. Psevdot'Jtonihus arsiuKi from the (ranges, as descriljcd b^^ 

 Bleeker, is different from our species, l)ut it may be identical with 

 ^^^6^ uhorh on I hus russelli. 



This species resembles P. misdl'hiH and P. chmamomeus^ but may 

 be known by its fewer fin rays and l)y the more numerous giHrakers. 



Our numerous specimens, none of them more than S inclies long, 

 are from Nagasaki (17), Kobe (17), Tok^-o (6), Wakanoura (1), and 

 Mororan (1). 



{ocellifer^ bearing eye-like spots.) 



lo. PSEUDORHOMBUS OLIGOLEPIS Bleeker. 



Rhomhvx nJir/olepis Bleeker, Vifde Bijdra^; .Tapan, 1S69, p. S, i>l, ii, Hi;. 2, (Naga- 

 saki) (young example). 

 Psevdirrhomhus oligolepis Guntiier, Cat. Fish, IV, j). 4.'j0; copied. 



Habitat. — Nagasak i . 



Dorsal, Q6; anal, 48; lateral line, 38. 



Teeth in jaws conical, small subequal, more than 30 on each side of 

 upper jaw and about 16 on the lower; height of the bod}'^ two-fifths 

 of total length; eyes very close together, the upper being scarcely in 

 advance of the lower; lateral line with a strong curve anteriorly; 

 scales ciliated; pectoral a little shorter than head. Olive, with brown- 

 ish and pear colored spots. (Giinther, after Bleeker.) Length, (U mm. 



Bleeker's plate shows the dorsal to have 69 rays, the anal -17; pores 

 of the lateral line, 48; scales about 40; head 3^ in length to base of 

 caudal; depth, 2; pectoral li in head; maxillary reaching to below 

 front of pupil; lateral line with a small auxiliary branch. 



This species is known from a small specimen obtained by Bleeker 

 from Nagasaki. Its very large scales should apparently entitle it to 

 generic separation from Pseudorhomhus. The character, however, 

 needs verification. 



(oXiyos^ few; XsTti^;, scale.) 



S. PARALICHTHYS Girard. 



Paralichthys Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv., X, 1858, p. 146 {mamlosus—cali- 



f amicus) . 

 Urnpselta (Jii.i-, Proo. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 330 {callfornicus=maculosus) . 

 Chxnopsetta Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. 8ci. Phila., 'iSM,p.2]'f< ( <>r,Hiiris=dentatus). 



