124 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Eyes on the left side. Gill-inenibranes broadly united below the 

 throat ; gill rakers slender, styliform. 



European seas. East Indian Archipelago, &c. 



779. Arnoglossus Bleekeri, n. sp. 



D. 87. A. 67. L. lat. about 40. 



Greatest height of body a little less than half the length, 

 exclusive of caudal fin ; length of head less than half the height 

 of body. Mouth very oblique, the maxillary not extending 

 beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the orbit. Eyes 

 very close together, the lower slightly in advance ; the profile of 

 the head is slightly concave or emarginate in front of the eyes ; 

 pectoral fins small ; ventrals of about seven rays ; caudal rather 

 pointed ; scales very deciduous, large ; lateral line somewhat 

 angularly curved above the pectorals ; scales of the operculum 

 very large. Colour uniform pale reddish-yellow, a spot on the 

 upper part of the operculum. 



Endeavour Eiver. 



Genus Pseudoriiombus, Bleek. 



Mouth wide, tho length of the maxillary being more than one- 

 third of the head. Teeth in both jaws in a single series, of 

 unequal size ; vomerine and palatine teeth none. The dorsal fin 

 commences on the snout ; dorsal and anal rays simple. Scales 

 small or rather small ; lateral line with a strong curve anteriorly. 

 Eyes on the left side ; interorbital space not concave. Gill- 

 membranes united below the throat, not attached to the isthmus ; 

 gill-rakers lanceolate. 



Nearly all seas. 



780. Pseudoruombus Eussellii, Gray. 



Gunth., Cat. Eishes, Vol. IV., p. 424. 



" Flounder " of Colonists. 



