PLEURONECTINiE 



343 



of body, cycloid or feebly ctenoid on blind side ; 68 to 75 scales in a longitudinal 

 series above lateral line, 20 to 26 between lateral line and middle of back. Lateral 

 line with a distinct curve above pectoral fin ; a short supratemporal branch. Dorsal 

 (67) 69-75 ; origin a short distance behind posterior nostril of blind side, above middle 

 of eye or a little farther forward ; middle rays scaled on ocular side ; highest rays 

 i§ to twice in length of head. Anal (51) 54-57. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 or 

 II rays {5 to 8 branched), length i| to twice in that of head. Caudal with 19 rays 

 (13 branched), a little rounded ; caudal peduncle i^ to ij times as deep as long. 

 3 + 1 rather long pyloric appendages. Brownish ; uniform or with irregular dark 

 spots and blotches ; median fins sometimes with a series of dark spots or bars, not 

 developed on blind side of fins. 



Fig. 252. — Pseudopkuronectes herzensteini. B.M. (N.H.) 1923.9.2 



Type. — Zoological Museum, Leningrad. Nos. 1583, 6143, 8730. 

 Distribution. — Shores of Hondo Isd., Japan ; Sea of Japan, 



Specimens Ex.\mined : 



2 {200, 278 mm.). Aomori. 

 I (175 mm.). Sea of Japan (38° i6' N., 138° 52' E.). 



3 (253-260 mm.). Tokyo Market. 

 I (225 mm.). Sea of Japan, off Nagato Prov. 



Jordan. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 



Tokvo Imp. Uni' 



2. PSEUDOPLEURONECTES YOKOHAM.E (Giinther), 

 PUuronccles yokohama, GUnther, 1877, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) xx, p. 442 ; Gunther, 1880, Shore 



Fishes " Challenger ", p. 69. 

 Limanda yokohamtt, Jordan and Snyder, 1901, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxiii, p. 379 ; Jordan and 



Starks, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, p. 209 ; Franz, 1910, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss.. Suppl, 



iv, Abh. I, p. 64 ; Jordan, Tanaka and Snyder, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, xxxiii (i), p. 327 ; 



Jordan and Thompson, 1914, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vi, p. 309 ; Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. 



Mus., xlviii.p. 485 : Soldatovand Lindberg, 1930, Bull. Pac. Sci. Fish. Inst., v,p. 404 ; Schmidt, 



1931, C.R. ,\cad. Sci. Russ., p. 317. 

 ? Limanda japomca, Schmidt, 1904, Pise. Mar. Orient., p. 234. 



Limanda schrenki, Schmidt, 1904, torn, cit., p. 235 ; Popta, 191 1, Jahres. Ver. Natur. VViirtt., p. 343. 

 Limanda schr^ncki. Jordan and Starks, 1906, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, p. 207 ; Soldatov and 



Lindberg, 1930, Bull. Pac. Sci. Fish. Inst., v, p. 404. 

 ? Limanda angustirostris var. maculosa, Pavlenko, 1910, Trudui Obshch. Kazan, xlii, p. 58, tig. 12. 



