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Hob. New South Wales and Southern Queensland 

 (Port Jackson to Moretou Bay). 



3. ASERAGGODES. 



Aseraggodes, Kaup, Archiv. Naturgesch., 1858, p. 103. 



Several species from the Indo-Pacific ; four known 

 from Australia. 



Synopsis of Australian Species. 

 I. Dorsal with 58 to 70 rays. 



A. 96 to 104 scales In a longitudinal series; body with dark 



cross-bars 1. macleayanus 



B. 68 to 75 scales in a longitudinal series; body with small 



dark spots but without cross-bars. 



1. Depth about 3 in the length; pelvic fins sub-symmetrical, 



well separated from anal 2. haackeanus 



2. Depth 21 to 2g in the length ; right pelvic longer than 



left, close to anal and joined to urinogenital papilla 

 3. melanostictus 



II. Dorsal with 85 to 90 rays 4. jaubertensis 



1. Aseraggodes macleayanus. 



[Narrow-banded Sole.] 

 Solca macleayana, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 



V, 1881, p. 462. 

 Solea fluviatilis, Ramsay, ibid, VII, 1882, p. 111. 



Aseraggodes macleayanus, Ogllby, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., Y, 1916, p. 137, pi. XV [q.v. for full synonymy 

 of this species] ; McCulloch, Austral. Zool., II, 1921, 

 p. 17, pi. XIII. 



Aseraggodes macleayana, Roughley, Fish. Australia, p. 

 175, pi. LX (1916). 



Hah. Coasts of New South Wales and Southern 

 Queensland (from southern New South Wales to 

 Caloundra). 



E.2083. 8 miles from North Head, Richmond River, 

 New South Wales; 16-18 fathoms. 



E.2995. 4-20 miles N.E. of Gloucester Head, 

 Queensland; 19-35 fathoms. 



2. Aseraggodes haackeanus. 



Solea (Achirus) haackeana, Steindachner, Anz. Akad. 

 Wiss., XX, 1883, p. 95; Sitzber. K. Ak. Wiss., 

 LXXXVIII, Abt. 1, 1884, p. 1104, pi. I, fig. 3. 



