NO. 2082. 



FLOUNDERS AND SOLES FROM JAPAN— HUBBS. 



465 



Length of head, 0.28 of total length to base of caudal; depth, 0.48; 

 dorsal, 74; anal, 57; pores, 83. 



Head moderate, subconic, dorsal and ventral outlines of head 

 nearly straight; upper eye slightly posterior to lower, diameter 0.07; 

 interorbital narrow; the ridge high, its anterior end parallel to 

 anterior margin of lower orbit, its posterior end nearly parallel to 

 posterior margin of upper orbit; anterior nostril tubular, its edges 

 somewhat puckered; snout pointed, its length 0.05, its profile at 

 right angles to border of premaxillary ; lower jaw slightly projecting, 

 symphyseal knob developed; both jaws nearly straight, maxillaries 

 of equal length, extending to below pupil, 0.10; teeth small, sharp, 

 recurved, somewhat irregularly uniserial, none enlarged; gill-rakers 

 8 + 12, rather thick and fleshy, length of longest 0.03. 



Body dextral; dorsal and ventral outlines both strongly and 

 equally curved; depth of caudal peduncle 0.11, its length from 

 posterior end of anal base 0.09. 



Scales ctenoid everywhere, including all the fins, the eye-ball, the 

 entire snout, excluding a small naked area about nostrils. Lateral 

 line with a long, rather low arch, its height 0.05, its length 0.19, about 

 eight rows of scales between its uppermost part and the horizontal. 



Origin of dorsal over pupil, its highest rays near middle of body, 

 their length 0.14; anal quite similar, its longest rays 0.13; caudal 

 rounded, its length 0.23; anal spine strong; pectoral of eyed side 

 0.14, pointed; pectoral of blind side similar, but shorter, 0.10; right 

 pectoral of 10 rays, left of 9 rays; ventrals symmetrical, the right 

 0.08, the left 0.09. 



Color uniform dark brown on eyed side. 



Measurements in hundredths of length to base of caudal. 



Albatross station 



Length to base caudal, mm 



Dorsal rays 



Anal rays 



Pectoral rays, eyed side — 

 Pectoral rays, blind side. . 



Ventral rays, eyed side 



Ventral rays, blind side 



Pores 



Length, head , 



Depth, body 



Diameter, upper eye 



Snout from upper orbit 



Maxillary, eyed side 



Pectoral, eyed side 



Pectoral, blind side 



Ventral, eyed side 



Ventral, blind side 



Gill-rakers 



5015 



4997 



4997 



4997 



4984 



4983 



304 



283 



241 



184 



246 



212 



74 



67 



68 



72 



76 



71 



57 



57 



56 



57 



61 



55 



10 



10 



9 



11 



9 





9 



9 



9 



10 



9 



10 



5 



5 



5 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



6 



83 



74 



75 



74 



75 



74 



28 



27 



29 



27 



28 



28 



48 



47 



47 



45 



43 



44 



7 



7 



7 



7 



8 



7 



5 



5 



6.5 



6 



6.5 



6 



10 



9 



10 



9 



10 



9 



14 



14 



15 



12 



15 



15 



10 



11 



10 



9 



11 



10 



8 



8.5 



9 



8 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



8+12 



7+10 



8+11 





6+11 



7+10 



In young specimens the eye-ball, the pectoral, and the ventral of 

 the eyed side are nearly naked; the other fins and the snout are more 

 weakly scaled than in the adult. 



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