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VOL. 48. 



greatest width of head, 0.087; diameter of upper eye, 0.04; inter- 

 orbital width about 0.02, wide and flat, with a median row of spinous 

 scales, anterior border of orbits and snout above nostrils with non- 

 imbricate, spinous scales; length of snout from upper orbit, 0.04; 

 length of maxillary, eyed side, 0.07, blind side, 0.077; scales rough 

 on both sides; suborbital branch of lateral line with 18 pores; 

 length of pectoral, eyed side, 0.165, blind side, 0.125; length of 

 ventrals, 0.105; length of caudal, 0.204; height of dorsal, 0.145, of 

 anal, 0.14. Color dark brown, with large blackish markings. 



Table of measurements in hundredths of length to caudal base. 



Dorsal rays. . 



Anal rays 



Pores 



Gill-rakers 



Length, mm 



Length, head 



Depth, body 



Diameter, upper eye. 

 Snout from upper eye 

 Maxillary, eyed side.. 

 Pectoral, eyed side . . . 



Ventral, eyed side 



Length, caudal 



Height, dorsal 



Height, anal 



77 



69 



70 



68 



72 



68 



69 



67 



70 



70 



57 



53 



55 



53 



58 



54 



53 



53 



54 



55 



83 



83 



80 



84 



85 



85 



84 



87 



90 



83 



7+10 



5+8 



5+8 



5+8 



6+8 



6+9 



5+9 



5+9 



6+9 



6+8 



132 



114 



111 



113 



109 



112 



108 



107 



103 



95 



24.5 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



26 



25 



25.5 



45 



48 



49 



47 



48 



44 



46 



48 



47 



47 



5 



6 



5 



5 



5 



5.5 



5.5 



6 



6 



6 



4 



5 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4.5 



4 



4.5 



6.5 



7 



7 



7 



7 



7 



6.5 



7 



7 



7 



16 



15 



14 



15 



17 



14 



15 



16 



13 



15 



10 



10 



11 



11 



11 



10 



10 



10 



10 



11 



20 



21 



22 



22 



23 



20 



23 



23 



22 



22 



13 



14 



15 



14 



13 



15 



15 



15 



13 



15 



13 



14 



13 



13 



13 



13 



14 



15 



13 



15 



LIMANDA SAKHALINENSIS, new species. 

 Plate 26, fig. 6. 



This species is closely related to L. aspera, but differs in the follow- 

 ing points: 



1. Plain coloration. 



2. Sharper, more compressed head. 



3. The suborbital branch of lateral line on head with fewer pores, 

 opening in much more pronounced tubes, the number 11 to 13 (18 

 to 20 in L. aspera). 



4. Form more slender, depth 0.39 to 0.46 of total length without 

 caudal (44 to 55 in L. aspera). 



5. Teeth more conical, more separated, and more uneven in size. 



6. Upper jaw of eyed side much less arched. 



Type-specimen. — Cat. No. 75674, U.S.N.M., a male 155 mm. long, 

 from Albatross station 5013, in Aniwa Bay, Sakhalin Island; depth, 

 43 fathoms. 



Length of head, 0.25 of total length without caudal; depth, 0.425; 

 dorsal, 74; anal, 58; pores in lateral line, 91. 



Head sharp, slender, and compressed (more so than in L. aspera), 

 the dorsal and ventral outlines similar; greatest width of head, 0.07; 

 eyes similar to those of L. aspera, diameter of upper, 0.055; inter- 

 orbital narrow and with a more pronounced ridge than in L. aspera, 

 its total width 0.015; head without spines or pronounced ridges, 

 the ridge posterior to eyes nearly obsolete, even less evident than 

 in L. aspera; nostrils in short tubes, edges of posterior nostril of 



