PLEURONECTIN^E 



2. EOPSETTA GRIGORJEWI (Herzenstein). 



Hippogtossus grigorjewi, Herzenstein, 1891, [McI. Biol., xiii (i)], Bull. Ac. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 

 xxxiv, (N.s. ii),p. 56. 



Hippoglossoides sp., Otaki, 1897, Journ. Fish. Bur. Tokyo, vi (i), p. 2, pi. v, fig. i. 



Verasper otakii, Jordan and Snyder, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, p. 378. 



Xystrias grigorjewi, Jordan and Starks, 1904, Bull. U.S. Com. Fish., xxii, (1902), p. 623 ; Jordan 

 and Starks, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, p. 182, fig. 6 ; Jordan, Tanaka and Snyder, 1913, 

 J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, xxxiii (i), p. 319, fig. 267 ; Jordan and Thompson, 1914, Mem. Carnegie 

 Mus., vi, p. 309, fig. 81 ; Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlviii, p. 463 ; Jordan and Hubbs, 

 1925. Mem. Carnegie Mus., x, p. 297 ; Oshima, 1927, Japan. J. Zool., Trans. Abstr., i (5), p. 

 193 ; Soldatov and Lindberg, 1930, Bull. Pac. Sci. Fish. Inst., v, p. 391 ; Schmidt, 1931, C.R. 

 Acad. Sci. Russ., p. 316. 



—Eopsetta grigorjewi, B.M. (N.H.) 98. 12 



Depth of body 2§ to 2| in the length, length of head 3f to nearly 4. Snout a little 

 shorter than eye, diameter of which is 4J to 4J in length of head, and about 4 times 

 the interorbital width ; anterior margins of eyes about level, upper very close to edge 

 of head. Maxillary e.xtending to below middle of eye or not quite as far, length 

 2j to 2j in that of head ; lower jaw not or a little projecting, about 2 in head. (14) 

 16 to 18 (19) gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 86 to 90 scales in lateral line, 

 28 to 30 between lateral hne and middle of back. Lateral line with a distinct curve 

 above pectoral fin. Dorsal (85) 87-88 (92). Anal 67-70 (77). Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 11 rays (7 branched), length if to ij in that of head. Caudal with 19 to 

 21 rays (15 branched), rounded or double-truncate; caudal peduncle about as deep 

 as long. Brownish, with a number of indistinct darker blotches, spots or ocelli, of 

 which 6 in the middle of the body, 3 above and 3 below lateral line, are most prominent. 



Type. — Zoological Museum, Leningrad. \o. 8732. 



Distribution. — Japan ; Corea ; Formosa. 



Specimens Examined : 



I (280 I 



I (250 



I (255 



I (235 



I (188 



Aomori, Japan. 



Sea of Japan, off Xagato Prov. 



Bay of Mutsu, „ 



Tokyo Market. 



Matsuvama Market. 



Jordan. 



Tokyo Imp. Univ. 

 Kishinouye. 

 Tokyo Imp. Univ. 



Apart from the more marked anterior curve of the lateral line, this species is not 

 unlike the American Eopsetta jordani, and the two appear to be congeneric. 



This specimen differs 



hat from the others, having a larger head, mouth, eye 



