The black paltus is tasty and may become of value in the commercial trawl 

 fishery in the Okhotsk and Bering Seas . 



66 . Hippoglossus hippoglossus stenolepis Schmidt 



Widely known in the Pacific Ocean on both coasts of the Bering Sea, Commander 

 Ids . and north to the commonly southern portion of Anadyr Gulf; in the shallow and 

 cold regions (central and north part of Anadyr Gulf) it is rare. The KRASNO- 

 ARMEIETZ (1933) expedition found only one example 66 cm. long at st . 1 (SE of 

 Cape Navarm, 104-99 meters, on sand, temperature 0.4"). The TIRH expedition 

 found it common and m almost commercial numbers in the east and west parts of 

 the Bering Sea. Very closely related is the white skinned paltus (H. hippoglossus—') 

 from the Atlantic Ocean and possibly, as considered by M. F. Vernidub, only as 

 its subspecies . _/ 



67. Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert 



Examples of this many rayed and numerous papiliied representative of the 

 geiiUS Hippoglossoides were found at Bering Id. 



1. DALNEVOSTOTGHNIK Sept . 20, 1932, St 69(58), 55° 2i' 9N, 165^ 58' E 



(one mile north of the seal breeding grounds) depth 55-70 meters, rock, 

 one example A. Andriashev. 



2. DALNEVOSTOTGHNIK Sept . 20, 1932, St. 70(59), 52^ 24' 7N, 165^ 44' E 



{• 'est of Cape Ushin and Bering Id) depth 200-235 meters, sand, temp. 2.0° . 

 Eight examples A. Andriashev. 



Total length of our material 105 to 375 mm. 



D 79-86 A 63-67 Gill Rakers 4 plus 16-19 (eyed side). 



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Tanaka in 1931 published his "DistribuMorj of fishes in Japanese watCT,s" (four. Fac 

 Sci. Univ. Toicyo, sect. 4, vol. 3, pt. I 1931). In this work under l::s list of 

 fishes of northern character is listed Reinhardvius raaifL'urae in the synonymy of 

 R. o'.eosxis Tanaka. Tanaka's description of this form was unavailable to me. We 

 consider his R. oleosus as the second record of the black paltus for Japan. But 

 his work is full of uncritical lumping and error. In short descriptions for example 

 v/e Isarn: Gyclopterus l umpus L (= Cyclopterus or bis Gi.nther = C yclolumDus asper - 

 rlviiia TiUiaka); Reinhardlius maisuurae Jordan & Snyder (= Atheresthes evcrmanai 

 Jordan & Starks); Annarchias fasciaius Bleeker (=A. lepnirus Bean); Enhelyopus e- 

 lor. gatus Kner (= Krusensterniella notabilis Schmidt = Zoarcea gilli Jordan ik Starks) 



The present work does not treat the systematic s and biolog\/ of the Pacific 

 Ocean paltus, as it is being studied by M. F. Veraidub (LGU). 



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