NO. 1493. FISHES FROM PORT ARTHUR— JORDAN AND STARKS. 525 



Family PLEURONECTID.E. 



25. VERASPER VARIEGATUS (Schlegel.) 



Several small .specimen.s and one adult. 



26. PROTOPSETTA HERTZENSTEINI (Schmidt). 



Two specimens obtained. 



Head, 3| in 'length to base of caudal; depth 2^. Ej^e, 5^ in head; 

 snout, 4i; maxillary 2|; interorbital space, 13. Dorsal, 73; anal, .57; 

 scales, 78. 



Lower jaw strongly projecting and with a moderately strong sym- 

 physeal knob. Teeth small and sharp, in a single series on the front 

 of the latter. Maxillary extending to opposite end of anterior third 

 of lower eye. Upper eye with its range nearl}^ vertical and slightl}^ 

 posterior to lower eye. Interobital space convex, its width equal to 

 half V ertical diameter of upper eye; it extends backward as a conspic- 

 uous, rough, but not sharp ridge. Gillrakers slender, 15 of them on 

 lower limb of tirst arch, the longest ones equal to half the long diameter 

 of lower eye. 



Scales cj'cloid with ctenoid scales in more or less definite areas. The 

 latter, in addition to spinules on their posterior edges, are thickly cov- 

 ered over the surface with small sharp spinules, making them very 

 rough to the touch. These are particularly rough on head, especially 

 on ridge running back from interorbital space. An area of them along- 

 middle of side, the area becoming broader and the scales more typically 

 ctenoid posteriorly. A single row of rough scales along base of dor- 

 sal and anal, and the anterior rays of dorsal and anal each with a single 

 row of similar scales. Tip of snout, mandible, and all but posterior 

 part of maxillary naked. Scales of blind side everywhere cycloid. 



Dorsal anteriorly turning a little toward the blind side, the first ray 

 at extreme edge of eye. Pectorals rounded, but not bluntly, that of 

 eyed side 2rV in head; its fellow 2|. Caudal with the middle rays 

 slightly the longest. A strong spine on pelvis girdle ju.st behind base 

 of ventral fins pointing downward and backward; anal spine moder- 

 ately developed. 



Color uniform brown, slighth' darker toward edges of fins. Lateral 

 line darker than surrounding body color. 



Here described from a specimen 32 cm. in length. 



27. LIMANDA YOKOHAMiE (Giinther). 

 Several small specimens. 



28. KAREIUS BICOLORATUS (Basilewpky). 



One small specimen. 



