230 "ENDEAVOUR'' SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Plato phrys pal ad, Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., 

 XXVI (1906), 1907, p. 105, fig. 21. 



Pseudorhombus cartwrighti, Ogilby, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., I, 1912, p. 47. 



Depth of body 2V 10 to 2f in the length, length of 

 head 3^ to 4. Dorsal profile of head more or less strongly 

 notched in front of eyes. Snout equal to or a little 

 longer than eye, diameter of which is 4-| to 6A in the 

 length of head; upper eye generally a little in advance 

 of lower, and separated from upper edge of head by a 

 space equal to ^ or | its diameter. Maxillary extending 

 to below middle of eye or beyond, length 2^ to 2^ in 

 head; lower jaw not projecting, a rather obtuse knob 

 at the symphysis, length If to 2 in head. Teeth of upper 

 jaw small and rather close-set laterally, somewhat 

 larger and wider apart anteriorly; those of lower jaw 

 stronger, 13 to 22 teeth in blind side of jaw. Gill-rakers 

 "palmate 1 ' (short, broad, the distal margins spinulate) ; 

 8 or 9 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales of ocular 

 side ctenoid, those of blind side cycloid ; 78 to 85 in a 

 longitudinal series, 26 to 31 between lateral line and 

 highest point of dorsal profile. Height of arch of lateral 

 line 1\ to 2f in length of same; an accessory branch 

 generally well developed, reaching base of eighth or ninth 

 ray of dorsal fin. Dorsal 74-78; commencing above or 

 immediately behind level of posterior nostril of blind 

 side, and at a distance in front of eye equal to ^ its 

 diameter. Anal 56-63 ; no visible spine. Left pectoral 

 with 10 to 12 rays (6 to 8 branched), base oblique, length 

 If to 2i in head. Caudal with 2/13/2 rays, middle rays 

 longest, 1^ to 1^ in length of head. Length of caudal 

 peduncle 1\ to 2| in its depth, which is 2f to 2f in length 

 of head. Brownish, with a number of darker spots and 

 annular markings, and 3 or 4 large double ocelli 

 arranged thus j ; or . : , which are not usually so 

 prominent as those of P. diplospilus; fins with small 

 broAvn spots; generally a series of annular markings on 

 dorsal and anal, and sometimes a pair at base of caudal. 



Hab. Inland Sea of Japan; Philippine Islands; 

 Indo-Australian Archipelago: Australia; east coast of 

 Australia southwards to northern New South AVales. 



Described from numerous examples, 150-325 mm. in 

 total length, including the type of the species. 



