Microstomus stelleri Schmidt, 1904

Voronina, Elena P. & Volkova, Galina A., 2019, Annotated catalogue of type specimens of flatfishes (Osteichthyes: Pleuronectiformes) in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, Zootaxa 4695 (3), pp. 253-282 : 263-264

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scientific name	Microstomus stelleri Schmidt, 1904
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Microstomus stelleri Schmidt, 1904 View in CoL ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 )

Sci. Res. Korea–Sakhalin Exp. 1900–1901: 247 Current status: Glyptocephalus stelleri ( Schmidt, 1904) ( Hubbs, 1932: 3) Syntypes: ZIN 12347 (6) Sea of Japan, Gensan [Wonsan], June 1900, collector P.Yu.Schmidt; ZIN 12350 (1) Sea of Japan, off Broughton Bay [East Korea Bay], 62–80 m, station 87, trawl, 14.06.1900, collector P.Yu. Schmidt; ZIN 12351 (1) Sea of Japan, between Askold Island and Skryplev Island, station 68, trawl, 70–71 m, 24.05.1900, collector P.Yu.Schmidt; ZIN 12352 (2) Sea of Japan, between Askold Island and Skryplev Island, 55 m, station 69, trawl, 24.05.1900, collector P.Yu.Schmidt; ZIN 13069 (1) Sakhalin Island , mouth of Porotomari River [Tomarinka], 25 Russian fathoms [53 m], station 13, trawl, 1899, RV «Storozh», collector V.K.Brazhnikov.

Juvenile syntype specimens (SL<100 mm): ZIN 12349 (3) off Chagu Chien Dogu Bay [38 o 43′N, 128 o 11′E], 50 m, station 85, trawl, 12.06.1900, collector P.Yu.Schmidt GoogleMaps ; ZIN 12437 (1) west coast of Sakhalin Island , Maoka [Kholmsk], 19 Russian fathoms [40 m], station 6, dredge, 04.06.1901, collector P.Yu.Schmidt ; ZIN 13070 (1) Sakhalin Island , Aniva Bay, station 16, trawl, 1901, collector P.Yu.Schmidt.

Remarks: Juvenile specimens (SL<50 mm) reported in the original description and catalogued as ZIN 12348 (5) Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin Island, Aniva Bay, 29 Russian fathoms [62 m], station 21, trawl, 23.08.1901, collector P.Yu.Schmidt were re-identified by Schmidt as Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert, 1880. One of two specimens from ZIN 13070 was sent to the USNM (apparently now catalogued as USNM 51488). The largest and best syntype ZIN 12351 can be designated as lectotype in future revisions.