PLEURONECTIN^ 367 



in a longitudinal series above lateral line. Dorsal (83) 88-96 (97) ; origin above 

 middle of eye. Anal (72) 75-80. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 to 12 rays (7 or 8 

 branched), length i| to ij in that of head. Caudal with 22 or 23 rays (14 or 15 

 branched), double-truncate or a little rounded ; caudal peduncle about ij times 

 as deep as long. 3 or 4 -)- 2 or 3 rather long pyloric appendages. 



Type. — Zoological Museum, Leningrad. No. 12347-52. 



Distribution. — Shores of Japan, from southern Sakhalin to southern Hondo ; 

 Sea of Japan ; Peter the Great Bay ; Corea. 

 Specimens Examined : 



I (230 mm.). Obama, Wakasa Prov., Japan. Tokyo Imp. Univ. 



I (260 ,, ). Sea of Japan, off Kasumi Prov. ,, 



I (180 ,, ). 45° 25' N., 140' 53' W. U.S. N'at. Mus. 



3. GLYPTOCEPHALUS ZACHIRUS, Lockington. 

 [Long-finned Sole.] 



Glyptocephalus zachirus, Lockington, 1878-9. Rep. Cal. Com. Fisheries, p. 42 ; Lockington, 1880, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., ii, (1879), p. 88 ; Jordan and Gilbert, 1881, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., iii, 

 (1880), p. 453 ; Jordan and Gilbert, 1882. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., iv, (1881), p. 68 ; Jordan and 

 Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xvi. p. 838 ; Jordan. 1884, Nat. Hist, .\quat. Anim. (Fisheries 

 Fish. Indust. U.S., i), p. 188 ; Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Com, Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 301 ; 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. .Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2658 ; Evermann and Golds- 

 borough, 1907, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., xxvi, (1906), p. 357; Starks and Morris, 1907, Univ. 

 Calif. Pub. Zool.,iii (ri), p. 246 ; Starks, 1911, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, p. 206 ; Starks, 1918, 

 Calif. Fish Game, iv (4), p. 16, tig. 100. 



Errex zachirus, Jordan, 1919, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Ixx, (1918), p. 343. 



Depth of body 3 to 3^ in the length, length of head 4! to 5J. Upper profile of 

 head distinctly convex. Snout scaled, shorter than eye, diameter of which is 3J to 

 3g in length of head ; lower eye a little in advance of upper ; interorbital ridge narrow, 

 scaled; postocular ridge scarcely apparent ; eye-balls not scaled. Maxillary extending 

 to below anterior edge of eye or a little beyond, length on ocular side 4^ to 5J, on blind 

 side about 4 in that of head ; lower jaw a little projecting, 3 to 3I in head. Teeth 

 compressed, incisor-like, forming a more or less continuous cutting edge ; dental 



formula - „ - -— „. Gill-rakers rather short and stout ; 7 or 8 on lower part 



10-18 -f 20-28 ^ 



of anterior arch ; width of lower pharyngeals 7 or 8 in length ; teeth of inner row 



