238 "ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Paralichthijs novce-cambrice, Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 

 S. Wales, XXIII, 1898, p. 296 ; Waite. Mem. Austral. 

 Mus., IV, 1899, p. 120, fig. 9; Stead, Fish. Australia, 

 p. 179, fig. 65 (1906) : Stead, Edible Fish. N. S. 

 Wales, p. 103 (1908). 



Pseudorkombus novce-cambrias, Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. 

 Queensland, XXI, 1908, p. 25; Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., I, 1912, pp. 43, 45. 



Depth of body If to twice in the length, length of 

 head 3 to 4. Dorsal profile of head generally more or 

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

 longer than eye, diameter of which is 4^ to 7 in length of 

 head ; upper eye slightly in advance of lower, and 

 separated from upper edge of head by a space equal to 

 ^ or i its diameter. Maxillary extending to just beyond 

 middle of eye or as far as its posterior margin, length 

 2|- to 2^ in head; lower jaw not or scarcely projecting, 

 a very inconspicuous knob at the symphysis, length If 

 to 2 in head. Teeth of upper jaw small and moder- 

 ately close-set laterally, becoming somewhat larger and 

 wider apart anteriorly; teeth of lower jaw a little 

 stronger; no prominent canines in either jaw. Gill- 

 rakers somewhat variable in form, generally rather 

 short and broad, less than twice as long as broad, their 

 inner edges spinulate; 7 to 9 on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales of ocular side ctenoid, those of blind side 

 cycloid ; 64 to 74 in a longitudinal series, 26 to 30 between 

 lateral line and highest point of dorsal profile. Height 

 of arch of lateral line 2 to 2f in length of same; acces- 

 sory branch well developed, extending to base of sixth 

 to ninth ray of dorsal fin. Dorsal 67-71 ; commencing 

 just behind level of posterior nostril of blind side, and 

 above or a little in front of anterior margin of upper 

 eye. Anal 50-56; no visible spine. Left pectoral with 

 11 or 12 rays (6 to 8 branched), base oblique, length 1^ 

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

 longest, equal to or a little shorter than head. Caudal 

 peduncle about 3 times as deep as long, depth If to 2 

 in length of head. Brownish or greyish, with darker 

 spots, blotches and markings, of which 5 ocelli arranged 

 thus \\> are generally most prominent; fins with brown 

 spots, a series of larger and more distinct dark spots 

 on basal parts of dorsal and anal fins. 



