Abstract
Since the establishment of the genus Puerulus(4) by ORTMANN (1897), two species of this genus have been known from the Indo-Pacific region. Three specimens were obtained with “Naname-ami” (a gill-net for flat-fish) off Kominato, Prov. Bôsyû at a depth of about 170 fathoms and kindly placed at my disposal through the courtesy of Mr. Syûya NAKAMURA. They proved to represent a new species of this genus.
I wish to express my gratitude to Prof. A. TERAO for his kind supervision and to Mr. Syûya NAKAMURA for his favour of the valuable specimens.
