106 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



(if ]:nistiTior tliir<l cif Ixidy; ;i row of indistinct ocelli at base of each vortical lin: numerous dusky dots and 

 blot dies on lins. 



One lar<:e specinien from Bulan (no. 405t); length lo.o iu.). Type, no. 55S9S, U. S. National Museum, 

 eollected by Charles .1. Pierson. 



292. Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider). Uguerangueray. 



Two specimens from San Fabian (no. 3S4S and 3849; length 4.75 and 6.5 in.). Head 3.0 in length; depth 

 2.5; eyes on right side. It may be that the sinistral specimens recorded by Oiinthcr and Bleeker are a difTerent 

 .■fpecies. 



Pleuronectfx eTumti Bloch (t Schneider. Syst. lehth., 1.30, 1>01. "ad Tranquebarium." 



Psettodes erumei, Gunther, Cat., iv. J02 (China; Amboyiia; Pinang: India); Day, Fishes India, 422, pi. .\ci, flg. 4: Bleeker, 

 Atlas, VI, 4, pi. ccxxxii, tig. 2. 



Family SOLEID^. 

 293. Achirus hartzfeldii Bleeker. 



One specimen from "Philippine Islands" (no local label; no. 4012; length 4. .5 in.). Anal 63; lateralline 98. 



Aehirus hartu'eldii Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Inrt., IV, 1853, 12;i. Amboyna; Atlas, vi, 25, pi. ccxLvi, fig. 1. 

 Aseraggodes hartzfeldii, Kaup, Arehiv f. Naturgesch., jhg. XXIV. 1.S58, bd. I, 103. 

 Solea liart:fe!dii. Oiinther. Cat., iv, 471 (.\inlioyna). 



294. Synaptura sorsogonensis Evermann & Seale, new species. 



Head 5.25 in length without caudal; depth 2.37; dorsal 74; anal 61 ; caudal 15; dorsal and anal continuous 

 witli caudal; pores of lateral line 141, of which 2P are in the short curved portion above the head; interorbital 

 space sealed, scarcely greater than diameter of lower eye; upper eye covered by skin; the beaklike snout not 

 extending around to a line with eye: upper nostril a distinct hollow papilla located in front of lower eye; 



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Fig. 22.— Synaptura ^orsogonensis Evermann & Si'ale, new species. Type. 



nostril of blind side greatly dilated and fringed; anterior part of liead wilh numerous dermal fringes; dermal 

 flaps scattered in groups over dill'erent portion of body, 4 sueli groups on lateral line and 4 on each side of body, 

 alternating with the groups on lateral line; smaller groups along base of dorsal and anal fin; lateral line straight 

 until it reaches head, where it makes a sharp curve ending on a line with anterior margin of upper eye ; gillrakers 

 ob.solele; colored pectoral 3.75 in head: uncolored pectoral 4; dorsal l)eginning on snout in front of eyes, its 

 middle ray 1.S5 in head; middle anal rav 2 in head; colored ventral 2.9; caudal 1.3. 



