PLEURONECTIN.E 



337 



Teeth obtusely conical or with truncated tips 



Close to L. limanda. Depth of body 2 to 2\ in the length, length of head 3§ to 4. 

 Upper profile of head straight or a little concave above eyes. Diameter of eye 4J 

 to 5I in length of head ; interorbital ridge low or of moderate height, usually scaled. 

 Upper jaw on ocular side more or less arched ; maxillary extending to below anterior 

 half of eye, length on ocular side 3^ to 3j, on blind side 2f",, to 3 J in that of head. 



dental formula 7^- +J7-^ g to 

 9-14 + 18-25 



10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid or cycloid on ocular 

 side of body, mostly with a single spinule, but some on head and anterior part of body, 

 as well as a few posteriorly, with 2 or 3 spinules ; scales of blind side mostly cycloid ; 

 74 to 81 scales in a longitudinal series above lateral line, 25 to 31 between lateral line 

 and middle of back. Dorsal 67-74 ■ origin a little behind posterior nostril of blind 

 side ; highest rays J or more than j length of head. Anal 48-56. Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 10 to 12 rays (6 to 8 branched), length i| to if in that of head. Caudal 

 rounded ; caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper than long. Brownish ; 

 young with a number of small dark spots on head and body, disappearing in the 

 adult ; median fins uniform, or with small dark spots or streaks. 

 Type. — Zoologisches Museum der Universitat, Berlin (?). 

 Distribution. — Bering Sea, southwards to Vancouver Island and Corea. 

 Specimens Examined : 



(58° 31' N.. 157° 13' W.), 3ifms. 

 (58° 23' N., 157° 42' W.), 7i fms. 

 (58° 27' N., 157° 52' W.), 5 fms. 

 (58° 22' N., 159° 23' W.), iij fms. 

 (58° 30' N., 159° 35' W,), n\ fms. 



Bering Sea 



U.S. Xat. Mu 



Mus. Comp. Zool. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



Sitka, Alaska. 



Alaska. 



Bering or Okhotsk Sea. 



Petropavlosk, Kamchatka. 



Decastris Bay. 



Popov. 



U.S. Xat. Mus 

 Stanford Univ 

 Berg. 



3. LIMANDA S.\KHALINENSIS. Hubbs. 



p. 480, pi. xxvi, fig. 6, 



Limanda sakhalinensis, Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus 

 ? Limanda korigarei. Hubbs, 1915, torn, cit., p. 483, pi. xx^ 

 -•' Limanda aspera var. korigarei, Rendahl, 1931, Ark. Zool 



. fig. 8. 

 txii. No. 



