Abstract
A new stichaeid fish, Ernogrammus zhirmunskii is described on the basis of the specimens collected in Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan. This new species differs from its congeners E. hexagrammus and E. walkeri in having seven body sensory canals in total number including one short canal in the middle of belly and unique combination in number of the anal fin rays with one short rigid spine posteriormost (I 28-30 I). In coloration the fish has one narrow white stripe between two wide black ones on the base of pelvic fin, and one dark blotch on the dorsal fin anteriorly.
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