FLATFISHES. - NORMAN. 297 



1. PhifHichthys sclerolepis. 



Synaptura sclerolepis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 



Wales, II, 1878, p. 363, pi. X, fig. 4; iUd, VI, 1882, 



p. 137. 

 Phijllichthys sclerolepis, McCulloch, Mem. Queensland 



Mus., V, 1916. p. 66, pi. IX, fig. 2, text-fig. 4. 



Hah. Port Darwin, Northern Territory. 



2. Phyllichthys punctatus. 



Phi/Hichthys punctatus, McCulloch, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., V, 1916, p. 67. 

 Hab. Busseltou, south-western Australia. 



Family V. 

 Synopsis of the Australian Genera. 



I. Lips fringed ............... . ............. 1. PARAPLAGTJSIA 



II. Lips not fringed. 



A. Two or three lateral lines on ocular side . . 2. CYNOGLOSSXJS 



B. No lateral lines on ocular side ............ 3. SYMPHURUS 



Paraplagusia and Cynoglossus have been further 

 subdivided into several genera, based on the form of the 

 nostrils and the number of lateral lines on the ocular 

 side. I am not convinced that these genera are valid, and, 

 pending a revision of the family, have retained the genera 

 Paraplagusia (Plagusia) and Ci/noglossus as defined by 

 Giinther (Cat. Fish., IV). 



1. PARAPLAGUSIA. 



Paraplagusia, Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., II, 1865, 

 p. 274; Atl. Ichth., VI, p. 26 (1866). 



Several species from the Indo-Pacific ; three known 

 from Australia. 



Synopsis of Australian Species. 

 I. A single lateral line on ocular side .......... 1. acuminata 



II. Two or three lateral lines on ocular side. 



A. Two lateral lines on ocular side; fringes on lower lip 



generally arborescent ...................... 2. unicolor 



B. Three lateral lines on ocular side; fringes on lower lip 



short, stout, generally unbranched .......... 3. guttata 



