﻿32 GANGETic FISHES^ Older II. 



jaws are long distant teeth, and at the end of each are two 

 longer than the others. The eyes are high. Each of the 

 nostrils, which are near the eyes, has one aperture. The gill- 

 covers are large, and are finely cut on the edges. The openings 

 of the gills are large. 



The body is without scales. The hack is arched, and sharp- 

 edged. The belly is straight, and blunt-edged. The tail has 

 both edges sliarp, beneath is indented with about seventy-four 

 small prickles, and terminates in a very long slender point, 

 which, towards its end, resembles a bristle. The vent is be- 

 fore the middle. The lateral li?ie on each side is bent down 

 from the nape, and is below the middle. 



The back fin is very long, and contains one hundred and 

 fourteen rays. The pectoral fins are sharp above, and very 

 short, and each has eleven rays. There are no other fins. 



VII. — Genus cynoglossus. 

 Fishes of the second order, with both eyes on one side of 

 the head, and with a flat body, formed for swimming on the 

 side opposite to the eyes. 



1st Species. — Cynoglossus lingua. 



A cynoglossus with the eyes on the left, with no pectoral 

 fins, and those of the back and tail united with that behind 

 the vent. 



This fish has the utmost affinity to my Achirus cynoglossus, 

 which will be afterwards described, to the Achirus bilineatus 

 of La Cepede, and to the Jeree poloo of Eussell ; but, as 

 it totally wants the ventral fins, it must be placed in this or- 

 der. 



By the English of Calcutta it is called a Sole, and equals in 

 quality and size this most valuable fish ; but in that city it is 



