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47. ASERAGGODES KOBENSIS (Steindachner). 



Solea {Achirus) kohensis Steindachner, Reise Aurora, 1896, p. 218 (Kobe). 

 Aseraggodes kobeiisis Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 1901, p. 122. 



Habitat. — Sandy shores of southern Japan. 



Head, 4^ to base of caudal; depth, 2|. Eye, 6 in head; snout (to 

 upper eye), 3i; depth of caudal peduncle, 2. Dorsal, 70; anal, 51. 

 Scales, counting from opposite gill opening to caudal, 61; from oppo- 

 site upper eye, 76; in a transverse oblique series near middle of body, 

 24 + 1 + 26. 



Snout but little hooked; the tip of the hook slightly in advance of 

 tip of the mandible and on a level with lower margin of lower eye. 

 Gape ending opposite front of pupil of lower eye. Fine teeth in 

 rather broad bands on blind side of jaws, 3 or 4 teeth in a single row 

 on front of premaxillary of e^'ed side. Interorbital space concave; 

 its width equal to length of pupil. Middle of upper eye directly over 



Fig. 24.— Aser.vggodes kobensis. 



front of lower eye. Anterior nostril of colored side ending in a wide 

 tube above the middle and close to the edge of mouth; that of blind 

 side higher, the tube slightly longer. Posterior nostril of eyed side 

 under front of lower eye and with a thin tiap at its anterior margin. 

 Length of gill opening 2 in head. 



Origin of dorsal on front of head on a level with middle of upper 

 eye. Longest dorsal rays equal to length of longest anal rays and 

 contained If in head. Ventral of e3^ed side not joined to anal, its tip 

 just reaching to first anal ray. Caudal tin rounded and with no angles 

 at tips of outer ra3's; its length one diameter of eye shorter than head. 

 Lateral line straight and simple, extending a short distance on head, 

 but not reaching to upper eye. Scales everywhere ctenoid except on 

 anterior part of blind side of head. 



Color grayish brown, with 3 or 4 irregular and indefinite dark spots 

 or sometimes rings on lateral line. Small dark points scattered ovei* 



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