no. 2082. 



FLOUNDERS AND SOLES FROM JAPAN— HUBBS. 



473 



CLEISTHENES HERZENSTEINI (Schmidt). 



Hippoglossoides herzensteini Schmidt, Pise. Mar. Orient., 1904, p. 229. 

 Protopsetta herzensteini Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 

 1906, p. 194. 



Albatross stations 4834 and 4838, off west coast of Hondo, Sea of 

 Japan. 



Albatross stations 4842, 4843, and 4844, Oki group, Sea of Japan. 



Albatross stations 4856, 4859, and 4870, off coast of Korea, Sea of 

 Japan. 



Albatross stations 4999, 5000, and 5002, Gulf of Tartary, west of 

 Sakhalin Island. 



Albatross station 5010, Aniwa Bay, Sakhalin Island. 



Albatross stations 5041 and 5042, off south coast of Hokkaido 

 (Yezo). 



Dr. C. H. Gilbert noted the fin rays of five specimens from Albatross 

 station 5042, which were not among those preserved. 



Dorsal 



67 

 54 



71 

 51 



70 

 56 



71 



52 



70 

 56 



Anal 





Measurements in hundredths of length to base of caudal. 



Albatross station 



Dorsal rays 



Anal rays 



Pores 



Gill-rakers 



Length, mm 



Length, head 



Depth, body 



Diameter, upper eye. 

 Snout from upper eye 

 Maxillary, eyed side. . 

 Maxillary, blind side. 

 Pectoral, eyed side. . . 



Height, dorsal 



Height, anal 



Length, caudal 



Length, ven tral 



4999 



5041 



5041 



4870 



4844 



4820 



4843 



4870 



75 



72 



71 



70 



70 



77 



73 



71 



57 



53 



56 



51 



54 



58 



56 



54 



79 



77 



77 



80 



75 



84 



75 



76 



9+21 



7+20 



8+17 



8+18 



8+19 



8+19 



8+19 



7+17 



277 



217 



193 



176 



171 



172 



170 



157 



29 



28 



30 



28 



30 



28 



28 



30 



41 • 



38 



44 



39 



39 



40 



38 



41 



6.5 



6 



6 



6.5 



7 



7 



7 



7 



6.5 



6 



6 



6 



7 



6 



6.5 



6 



9 



9 



10 



10 



10 



9.5 



9 



9.5 



10 



10 



10.5 



10.5 



11 



10.5 



10 



11 



15 



15 



13 



13 



13 



12.5 



14 



14 



13 



14 



13 



13 



13 



12 



14 



13.5 



13.5 



14 



13 



13 



13 



12.5 



14 



13.5 



20 



20 



21 



22 



22 



21.5 



22 



22 



10 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



ATHERESTHES EVERMANNI Jordan and Starks. 



Aiheresthes evermanni Jordan and Starks, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, 1902 

 (1904), p. 630, pi. 5, fig. 1. Matsushima Bay. 



Albatross station 5019, east coast of Sakhalin Island, Okhotsk Sea. 



Albatross station 5031, Yezo Strait, near Hokkaido (Yezo). 



Albatross station 5042, south coast of Hokkaido. 



Albatross stations 5047 and 5048, off Matsushima Bay. 



Hitherto known only from the type collected by the Albatross at 

 Matsushima Bay in 1900. 



Young specimens are somewhat spotted. 



The specimens collected by the Albatross in 1906 differ from the 

 type description in the following characters: Fewer fin rays (dorsal 

 98 to 111 ; anal 78 to 89, instead of dorsal 114; anal 94) ; fewer pores 



