BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &0. 53 



same line as the anal, the right ventral being entirely on the tight 

 side. The lateral line makes a very short semi-circular curve 

 anteriorly, and is straight for the remainder of its course. The 

 colour appears to have been uniform brown. 

 Off Twofold Bay. (Gunther.) 



Genus. Cynoglossus. Ham. Buch. 



Eyes on the left side ; pectorals none, vertical fins confluent. 

 Scales etenoid ; lateral line on the left side double or triple ; 

 upper part of the snout produced backwards into a hook ; mouth 

 unsymmetrical, rather narrow ; lips not fringed. Teeth minute, 

 on the right side only. Gill-opening very narrow. 



Indian Seas. 



1261. Cynoglossus quadrilineatus. Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth. Pleuron. p. 32, tab. 14, fig 3. Gunth. Cat. IV. 

 p. 497. 



D. 102-112. A. 83-86. C. 10. V. 4. L. lat. 95. 



Two lateral lines on each side, separated in the middle by about 

 fourteen longitudinal series of scales. Two nostrils, one between 

 the eyes, the other below the lower angle of the lower eye. The 

 upper eye somewhat in advance of the lower. Lips not fimbriated. 

 The length of the snout is contained twice and two-thirds in that 

 of the head. The rostral hook just covers the symphysis of the 

 mandibles. The height of the body is somewhat less than one- 

 fourth of the total length, the length of the head one-fifth. 

 Uniform brownish ; fins yellowish ; a black spot on the operculum. 



Cleveland Bay. (Klunzinger.) 



Family. SILUKID^E. 



1262. Cnidoglanis Mulleri. Klunz. 



Sitzb. der K. Akad. der Wissensch. 1879, p. 411. 



D. 1/5. Height of body 7 and length of head 6 in the total 



length. Snout a little projecting ; underlip thick and covered 



with warts, without fringe, not pendent. Side fringes on the 



angle not threadshaped ; the nasal barbel reaches a little beyond 



