270 "ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



rakers of moderate size, 9 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, the denticulations 

 well-developed; those of blind side cycloid anteriorly, 

 ctenoid posteriorly. 84 scales in a longitudinal series 

 just above lateral line, 30 between lateral line and highest 

 point of dorsal profile. Lateral line with a slight curve 

 anteriorly; a short, indistinct accessory branch, not 

 reaching base of dorsal fin. Dorsal 69 ; longest rays about 

 ^ length of head. Anal 47. Eight pectoral with 10 rays 

 (7 branched), length about twice in head; left pectoral 

 much shorter, rounded, the first ray with a fleshy 

 tubercle at the tip. Pelvic fins as in A. rostratus. Caudal 

 with 3/12/3 rays; rounded. Caudal peduncle 3 times 

 as deep as long, depth 2^ in length of head. Ocular side 

 brownish, with traces of small blackish dots; blind side 

 whitish. 



Hab. St. Vincent Gulf, South Australia. 



Described from a single specimen, 87 mm. in total 

 length. Holotype in British Museum (Natural History). 



3. Ammotretis tudori. 



? Solea liturata, Eichardson, Trans. Zool. Soc., Ill, 1849, 

 p. 156. 



Ammotretis tudori, McCulloch, Biol. Ees. "Endeavour," 

 II, 1914, p. 124, pi. XXVI; Waite, Eec. S. Austral. 

 Mus., II, 1921, p. 159, fig. 261 ; Fishes S. Austral., p. 

 183, fig. (1923). 



Depth of body 1| in the length, length of head 4. 

 Rostral hook rather broad and flattened, extending down- 

 wards to below level of posterior end of maxillary of 

 ocular side. Lower eye level with upper, diameter of 

 which is a little more than twice interorbital width and 

 6i in length of head. Maxillary not reaching anterior 

 edge of eye ; length of lower jaw of ocular side 3f in head ; 

 a row of fringed tentacles on lower lip of ocular side. 

 Gill-rakers reduced to 2 or 3 minute tubercles on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales of ocular side mostly 

 ctenoid, more strongly denticulated on posterior part of 

 body; those of blind side nearly all cycloid. 78 scales 

 in a longitudinal series just above lateral line, 33 between 

 lateral line and highest point of dorsal profile. Lateral 

 line rising slightly anteriorly; a short accessory branch 

 reaching base of twelfth fin ray of dorsal. Dorsal 77 

 (82) ; longest rays about \ length of head. Anal 54 (58). 



