NO. 2082. 



FLOUNDERS AND SOLES FROM JAPAN— HUBBS. 



485 



The specimens from Korsakov have a broad band of yellow below 

 dorsal base and above anal base, on the blind side. 



LIMANDA ANGUSTIROSTRIS Kitahara. ' 



Limanda angustirostris Kitahara, in Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1906, p. 208, fig. 15. Aomori. 



Albatross stations 4815, 4816, 4817, near Sado Island, Sea of Japan. 



Albatross station 4832, off Tsuruga, Sea of Japan. 



Albatross station 4842, Dogo Island, Oki Group, Sea of Japan. 



These specimens differ from the types from Aomori, Hokkaido, in 

 the smoother scales and in the more pronounced spots. The type 

 description gives the color as u uniform slaty brown, without definite 

 markings. The unpaired fins lighter; no color on the blind side." 

 Traces of definite spots can be found on the paratypes, corresponding 

 to those on the specimens from the Sea of Japan. The color may be 

 described as follows : 



Dorsal and anal fins with about 8 bars covering about one-third the 

 length of a ray; below base of dorsal a series of 4 to 7 large dark- 

 brown spots, edged with gray on their lower margins; 4 large dark 

 spots on lateral line, 1 at its origin, 1 at posterior end of arch, 1 at 

 base of caudal peduncle, and 1 between the last 2; these are some- 

 times bordered with gray, the anterior 2 on their posterior borders, 

 the posterior 2 on their anterior borders; 1 or 2 small spots may be 

 present above the ventrals, and 4 or 5, bordered above with gray, 

 above the anal base; caudal with a spot on each side of the lateral 

 line. 



Measurements in hundredths of length to base of caudal. 



A Ibatross station 



4816 



72 

 57 

 74 

 2+6 

 202 

 24 

 42 



3.4 



6 



4 



6 



14 



9 



20 



13 



12.5 



4842 



67 

 51 

 74 

 3+6 

 152 

 28 

 43 



3.3 



7 

 4 



16 

 10 

 22 

 14 

 14 



4815 



67 

 55 

 74 

 3+6 

 147 

 27 

 38 



3.7 



7 



5 



6 



15 



9 



22 



14 



13.5 



4815 



68 

 54 

 76 

 3+6 

 144 

 25 

 38 



3.4 



6 



4 



6 



11 



8 



21 



13 



13 



4816 



70 

 55 

 77 

 13+8 

 133 

 26 

 40 



3.4 



6.5 



4.5 



6 



13 



9 



22 



14 



14 



4816 



73 

 57 

 75 

 3+6 

 127 

 26 

 38 



3.5 



6 



4 



6 



14 



915 



23 



15 



14 



4832 



69 

 53 

 73 



13+8 



115 



26 



41 



3.6 



7 



4 



6 



15 



10 



23 



15 



14 



Aomori. 



Dorsal rays 



71 

 57 

 78 

 2+6 

 235 

 26 

 44 



3.7 



5 



5 



6.5 



16 



9.5 



19 



14 



12 



71 

 51 

 74 

 2+6 

 163 

 27 

 43 



3.6 



6 



4.5 



6 



17 



10 



21 



16 



15 



71 

 54 

 76 

 13+8 

 153 

 27 

 39 



3.7 



6 



4 



6 



16 



21.5 

 15 



15 



Anal rays 



Pores 



Gill-rakers 



Length, mm 



Length, head 



Depth, body 



Arch of lateral line in straight 

 part 



Diameter, upper eye 



Snout from upper eye 



Maxillary, eyed side. . . 



Pectoral, eyed side 



Ventral, eyed side 



Length, caudal. .. , 



Height, dorsal 



Height, anal 





1 Last 2 rudimentary. 



The last 3 specimens of the table, from Aomori, are paratypes. 



LIMANDA YOKOHAMAE (GUnther). 



Pleuronectes yokohamae Gunther, Shore Fishes, Challenger, 1880, p. 69. Inland 



Sea; Yokohama. 

 Limanda yokohamae Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 1906, p. 209. 



One specimen from Saigo, Dogo Island, Oki Group, in the Sea of 

 Japan, collected by the Albatross. 



