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decurved, extending through middle of body, the upper on fourth 

 row of scales from dorsal, the lower beginning at tip of snout, the 

 upper behind eye, both extending to caudal. No lateral line on 

 right side. Scales adherent, ctenoid on both sides, smaller ante- 

 riorly and near the fins. In alcohol uniform light yellowish-brown, 

 the five longitudinal lines formed by the scale striation. 



This species differs from other species of the genus in the absence 

 of any lateral line on the blind side, and may prove to be different 

 from lineolatus, which is described as having about ten fewer rays" 

 in the dorsal and anal. 



Cynoglossus melampe talus (Richardson). 



Plagusia melampeiala .Richardson, Ich. China, 281 ( Gunther). 



Cynoglossus mclampetalus Gunther, Cat., IV, 496, 1862. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



Cynoglossus trigrammus Giinthcr. Giinther, Cat. IV, p. 494, 1862. 



Recorded by Sauvage. 



Cynoglossus macrolepidotus (Bleeker). 



Plagusia macrolepidota Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch., XXIV, Pleu- 

 ron, p. 25, 1852 ( Giinther). 



Cynoglossus ?nacrolepidotus. Gunther, Cat. Fishes, IV, 496, 1862; Day, Fishes 

 of India, p. 434, pi. 96, fig. 3, 1888. 



Three specimens, 3? to 4? inches long. 



Head 4* ; depth 4* ; lat. 1. (behind head) about 55. D. 115; A 

 80. 



Two nostrils, one at anterior end of interorbital space, the other 

 tubular, near mouth, above tip of lower jaw. Angle of mouth (on 

 eyed side) behind lower eye, the hinder margin of which is in mid- 

 dle of head. Front of lower eye under middle of upper, interorbital 

 space I width of eye. Horizontal cleft of mouth nearly twice as 

 long on left side as on right. Hook of upper jaw somewhat varia- 

 ble in the three specimens, but not extending to vertical from ante- 

 rior margin of upper eye. Pectorals none. Right ventral with 

 four rays on side of body ; left ventral continuous with anal. Vent 

 on right side above left ventral. Two lateral lines on left side, 

 nine rows of scales between them (above gill-opening) ; the lower 

 through middle of body, nearly straight, slightly arched above gill- 

 opening ; the upper along fourth row of scales (in middle of body) 

 from dorsal, both extending from tip of snout to caudal. Only one 

 lateral line on right side, through middle of body. Scales partly or 

 entirely deciduous, smaller anteriorly and near the fins, those of 



