FLATFISHES. NORM AN. 243 



3. Arnoglossus fisoni. 



(Fig. 5.) 



Arnoglossus fisoni, Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. Wales, 

 XXIII, 1898, p. 295^ 



Depth of body If to 2V 10 in length, length of head 

 4 to 4^. Dorsal profile of head notched in front of eyes. 

 Snout a little longer than eye, diameter of which is 

 4| to 5 in length of head ; lower eye very little in advance 

 of upper, which is separated from upper edge of head by 

 a space equal to f or f its diameter ; eyes separated by a 

 low narrow bony ridge. Maxillary extending to below 

 anterior edge of eye, length 2f to 3 in head; lower jaw 

 scarcely projecting, a small knob at the syrnphysis, 

 length a little more than twice in head. Teeth all small, 

 moderately close-set, uniserial in both jaws; those of 

 ocular side of lower jaw a little larger and wider apart; 

 no canines. Gill-rakers of moderate length, slender, 

 their inner edges feebly spinulate; 9 or 10 on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Scales of both sides of body cycloid, 

 52 to 56 in a longitudinal series. Height of arch of 

 lateral line about twice in length of same; no accessory 

 branch. Dorsal 96-101; commencing on blind side of 

 head immediately above anterior nostril, and at a distance 

 in front of eye almost equal to its diameter ; all the rays 

 simple, naked. Anal (74) 77-80. Left pectoral with 8 or 

 9 simple rays, the two upper rays a little produced in the 

 male, length 1^ to 1-J in head ; right pectoral smaller. 

 Left pelvic subcontinuous with anal, anterior ray in- 

 serted below posterior part of lower eye; first ray of 

 right pelvic opposite fifth of left. Caudal with 

 3-5/8-12/3-5 rays, middle rays longest, about length 

 of head. Caudal peduncle very short, bases of last dorsal 

 and anal rays almost in contact with upper and lower 

 rays of caudal fin ; depth of peduncle 2 to 2^ in length 

 of head. Brownish, with or without some irregular 

 dusky markings; a narrow, yellowish band at upper 

 and lower edges of body, parallel with the profile; fins 

 with small brown spots. 



Hal). Coast of southern Queensland. 



Described from four specimens, 115-132 nim. in total 

 length. 



E.2859. 11-13 miles X.E. of Boomerang Hill, Frazer 

 Island, Queensland; 25 fathoms. 



