134 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



pectorals two-thirds of the length of the head. Colour (in spirits) 

 dark brown. 



Fremantlo (Castelnau). Length nine and a-half inches. 



Genus Peltoriiamfus, Gunth. 



Mouth small, twisted towards the left side, toothless on the 

 other ; teeth minute, in two distinct series on the left branches of 

 the jaws ; vomerine and palatine teeth none. Eyes on the right 

 side, of moderate size ; snout dilated, flat, sharp, bent downwards, 

 hook-like. Dorsal and anal rays branched, naked. The dorsal 

 fin commences on the foremost part of the snout. Pectorals well 

 developed. The right ventral is continuous with the anal, the 

 left very small. Scales small, ctenoid ; the lateral line straight. 

 Gill-openings narrow, the gill-membranos being broadly united 

 below the throat ; gill-rakers short. 



New Zealand. Norfolk Island. 



792. Peltoriiamaus Novje-Zealandle, Gunth. 



Gunth., Cat. Pishes IV., p. 461. 



B. 5. D. 92. A. 57. P. de::tr. 11, sin. 7. V. dextr. G, sin. 5. 



L. lat. 78. 



Brownish-olive, marbled with darker. Two blackish blotches 

 on the lateral line. 



Norfolk Island. 



Genus Solea, Cuv. 



Eyes on the right side, the upper being more or less in advance 

 of the lower. Cleft of mouth narrow, twisted round to the left 

 side. Teeth on the blind side only, where they are villiform, 

 forming bands ; no vomerine or palatine teeth. The dorsal fin 

 commences on the snout and is not confluent with the caudal. 

 Scales very small, ctenoid ; lateral lino straight. 



Inhabitants of all seas. 



