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others ; the middle rays of the caudal fin are somewhat elongated ' 

 the left ventral fin commences in advance of the right one ; the 

 pectoral fins are about, or nearly, as long as the head. The 

 colour is of a lightish brown, with some indistinct darker mark- 

 ings. All the fins are minutely speckled. 



One specimen about six inches in length. 



The fact of the capture in the Trawl of these seven species of 

 Flat Fish — two of them not previously known — in such a small 

 space as was traversed by the net on the occasion I mention, 

 seems to me to prove almost beyond a doubt that the PleuronectidcB 

 are sufficiently numerous on our sea bottoms, and that if we can 

 only find patches along our Coasts free from rocks, Trawl fishing 

 may become a most useful and profitable occupation. 



The other species of Flat Fish w^hich have been found in Port 

 Jackson are Teratorliomhus excisiceps mihi, described in the sixth 

 volume of the Proceedings of this Society ; Rhomloidichthys 

 spiniceps mihi, also described in the sixth volume ; Ainmotretis 

 rostratus, Gunther, and Solea QnicrocephaJa, Grunther, Solea 

 Macleayana, E-amsay, and Sijnapiura qiiar/ga, Kaup. The last 

 named species is the only one I have not seen, and I give to it 

 the habitat of Port Jackson upon the authority of Count 

 Castelnau. 



The apparently entire absence from Sydney waters of any 

 species of the genus Bhojuhosolea , w^hichis represented by several 

 species in Yictoria, Tasmania, and the Southern coast generally, 

 is a peculiarity which I previously noticed in my Catalogue of 

 Australian Fishes. I venture however to predict that a better 

 acquaintance with the deep sea Fauna which I believe the Trawl 

 net is destined to give us, will prove the existence, in the cool 

 and deep currents, of species of Bhomhosolea rivalling — like one 

 New Zealand species Wwmhosolea monopiis — the size and 

 excellence of the European Turbot, 



