FLATFISHES. XORMAN. 285 



Rhombosolea tapirina, Button, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 

 XII, 1873, p. 401; Trans. Proc. N. Zealand Inst, 

 VI, 1874, p. 106, pi. XIX, fig. 83c. ; Ibid, VIII, 1876, 

 p. 215; Waite, Subantarctic Isl. N.Z., XXV, Verte- 

 brata, p. 590 (1909) ; Rec. Canterbury Mus., I, 1911. 

 p. 204, pi. XXXVI. 



Rhombosolea victor ice, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 Wales, VI, 1882, p. 132 ; Waite, Rec. S. Austral. Mus., 

 II, 1921, p. 158. 



? Rhombosolea monopus, Woodward, W. Austral. Year- 

 book, 1900-1 (1902), p. 272. 



Khombosolea monopus, Stead, Fish. Australia, p. 181 



(1906). 



Depth of body If to 2-J in the length, length of 

 head 3| to 3f. Shape of body ovate; dorsal profile of 

 head straight or a little convex. Blind side of head 

 almost entirely scaly. Snout longer than eye, produced 

 into a fleshy process which projects freely in front of 

 the mouth. Diameter of upper eye 4 to 5 times inter- 

 orbital Avidth and 4f to 6 in length of head. Maxillary 

 scarcely reaching anterior edge of eye; length of lower 

 jaw of ocular side 3 to 3f in head. Lower pharyngeals 

 about 4 times as long as broad, slightly triangular, in 

 contact for anterior f of their length ; teeth mostly 

 cylindrical, with a narrow, bluntly pointed, terminal 

 cusp; arranged in a series along each edge, with a 

 number of teeth between these rows. 7 to 12 gill-rakers 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales cycloid on both 

 sides of body ; 72 to 83 in a longitudinal series just above 

 lateral line. Lateral line with a very slight curve 

 anteriorly. Dorsal 56-59; commencing at base of rostral 

 process; first two rays split at their tips and partly 

 free, remainder mostly bifid or branched at their tips; 

 32nd to 36th rays longest, 2 to 1\ in length of head. Anal 

 40-50. Right pectoral with 10 to 13 rays (9 to 12 

 branched), naked, length 1| to If in head. Anterior ray 

 of right pelvic inserted below middle or posterior part 

 of lower eye. Caudal with 2-3/12-15/2-3 rays; subtrun- 

 cate, rounded, or doubly truncate. Caudal peduncle about 

 twice as deep as long, depth 2 to 2^ in length of head. 

 Length of intestinal tract about li times that of fish. 

 Ocular side brownish or greyish, with or without large 

 darker blotches; extremity of right pectoral darker; 

 blind side whitish. 



