PLEURONECTINiE 



Specimens Examined : 



I (255 mm.). 



I (410 „ ). 



I (170 ,, ). 



1 (172 ,, ). 



2 (190, 215 mm.). 

 I (200 mm.). 



I (225 ,. ). 



6 (120-143 mm.). 



r (390 mm.). 



Japan. 



Tokyo Market. 



Matsuyama Market. 



Inland Sea of Japan. 



Yokohama. 



Matsushima. 



Port Arthm-. 



Chefoo. 



Jamracb. 



Tokyo Imp. Univ. 



Smith. 



" Challenger." 



Jordan. 



2. VERASPER MOSERI, [Jordan and GUbert] Jordan and Evermann. 



Verasper moseri, (Jordan and Gilbert) Jordan and Evermann, 1898 

 p. 2619 ; Jordan and Gilbert, 1899, Fur seals and fur-seal Is. 

 Jordan and Snyder, 1901, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, p. 378 ; 

 U.S. Kat. Mus., xxxi, p. 185, fig. 7 ; Jordan, Tanaka and Sn 

 xxxiii (I), p. 3 



1(3). 



, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlv 

 N'. Pacif., (3), p. 490, pi. Ixxxv ; 

 Jordan and Starks, 1906, Proc. 

 yder, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, 



moseri. B..M. (N.H.) 1932.2.26.574. 



Perhaps identical with the preceding species. Depth of body about twice in the 

 length, length of head 3J to 3:. Diameter of eye (in specimens of 105 to 130 mm ) 

 about 6, length of maxillan,- 2* in length of head. About 85 scales in lateral line, 

 34 between lateral line and middle of back. Anterior curve of lateral hne higher and 

 more abrupt, its height i\ to 2J in its width. Dorsal 77-84. Anal 55-60. Length 

 of pectoral of ocular side 2\ to 2J in that of head. Brownish ; scales sometimes 

 edged with darker ; body sometimes with a number of indistinct paler and darker 

 spots ; dorsal and anal fins each with 5 or 6 conspicuous dark bars, which are parallel 

 with the rays, and, Uke the rounded spots of the preceding species, most evident on 

 the bUnd side. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 48797. 



Distribution. — Northern Japan ; Kuril Islands. 



Specimens Examined : 



(1301 

 (105 



1.). Paratype. 

 ). 



Hakodate, Japan. 

 Same, Japan. 



Stanford Ur 

 Jordan. 



Also one from Japan (Mus. Comp. Zool.). 



