Abstract

Two stichaeid fishes were collected off the Okhotsk coast of Hokkaido in Japan. One represents a new species,Stichaeus fuscus, which differs from all other species of this genus in meristics, color pattern, shape of the pelvic fin, and body proportions. The other species is identified asSoldatovia polyactocephala (Pallas) and is redescribed.

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