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6, LIMANDA PROBOSCIDEA, Gilbert. 



Limanda probusciUea. (lilbert, 1895, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xix, (1893), p. 460, pi. xxxiii ; Jordan 

 and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2645, pi. ccclxxviii, p. 931 ; Schmidt, 

 1904, Pise. Mar. Orient., p. 236 ; Jordan and Starks, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, p. 205 ; 

 Evermann and Goldsborough, 1907, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., xxvi, (1906), p. 355, fig- '39; 

 Pavlenko, 1910, Trudui Obshch. Kazan, xlii, p. 57; Jordan, Tanaka and Snyder, 1913, J. Coll. 

 Sci. Tokyo, xxxiii (l),p. 328; Soldatov and Lindberg, 1930, Bull. Pac. Sci. Fish. Inst., v, p. 404. 



Limanda punctuHssima proboscidea, Rendahl, 1931, Ark. Zool., xxii. No. 18, p. 73. 



Depth of body 2J to 2^ in the length, length of head 3 to 3^. Upper profile of 

 head a little concave above eyes. Snout produced, longer than eye. diameter of which 

 is about 5^ in length of head ; lower eye markedly in advance of upper ; interorbital 

 ridge narrow, naked or with a single row of scales ; postocular ridge with irregular 

 rugose patches ; a similar but less developed rough area on blind side of head. 

 Maxillar>' scarcely extending to below anterior edge of eye, length on ocular side 

 about 4J, on blind side 3} in that of head ; lower jaw a little projecting, about 3 in 



head. Teeth very small, obtusely conical ; dental formula -■' jlJ^ — J_ Gill- 



16-17 + 33-37" 

 rakers rather slender, finely pointed distally ; g or 10 on lower part of anterior arch ; 

 width of lower pharyngeals about 7 in length. Scales feebly imbricated and more 

 or less embedded anteriorly, feebly ctenoid or cycloid on ocular side, cycloid on blmd 

 side ; about 95 scales in lateral line. Lateral line without distinct supratemporal 

 branch. Dorsal (62) 65-69 ; origin just behind posterior nostril of blind side, above 

 anterior part of eye ; some of the middle rays scaled, at least on ocular side ; highest 

 rays about 2i in length of head. .Anal 46—50. Pectoral of ocular side with 12 rays 

 {7 branched), length 2§ to nearly 3 in that of head. Pelvics with 6 rays. Caudal 

 with 18 rays (12 branched), a little rounded ; caudal peduncle i^ to if times as deep 

 as long. Intestine with about 2 simple coils ; 3 -|- i long pyloric appendages. Pale 

 brownish, thickly covered with small, indistinct whitish spots ; some indefinite 

 darker blotches and shades ; median fins greyish, with an occasional dark brown 

 ray ; blind side lemon yellow, with bright yellow areas at upper and lower edges 

 of body ; tips of some of the rays of the median fins bright yellow. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 48629. 



Distribution. — Bering Sea; Okhotsk Sea; Sakhalin Island ; Peter the Great Bay. 



Specimens Examined : 



(145 mm.). Paratvpe. 

 (152 ., ). 



Bering Sea (58' 22' X. 

 Baikal Bav, Sakhalin. 



159' 23' W. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 Popov. 



