﻿Cynoglossus. gangetic fishes. 33 



not very common, as it is found only in the estuaries that are 

 strongly impregnated with salt. The specific name is a Latin 

 translation of that given to it by the natives. The generic ap- 

 pellation is taken from its shape, which is long, oval, very much 

 flattened. Above it is rough, and below smooth. The coUnjr 

 of tlie upper or left side is brown with some gloss of gold, 

 and is clouded with irregular black spots. The right side is 

 white. 



Tlie head, viewed from above, is oval, small, and blunt The 

 mouth is small, at some distance behind the extremity of the 

 nose, and passes very obliquely towards the eyes. The lips are 

 fleshy : the upper one is the longest, incurved, sharp, and with- 

 out bones ; the under one is blunt. There are no teeth. One 

 riostrU is placed between the eyes, and the other between the 

 lower eye and mouth. The eyes are near each other and 

 small. 



The tail is sharp. On the right there is no lateral line, on the 

 left there are two ; one near the back, the other running straight 

 along the middle. The vent is close to the throat, a little ob- 

 liquely towards the right side. 



There is only one Jin, which extends from the crown of the 

 liead round the tail to a little before the vent, where it takes a 

 slight bend to the left. A small elongation of rays marks in 

 some degree the part belonging to the tail, which contains eight 

 rays, while the part on the back contains about one hundred 

 and forty, and that toward the vent has one hundred and 

 eleven. 



