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a. Xu.slr'ds on blind side not dilated. I'eetorah developed. 



S. HETERORHTXA, Blockcr. 



B. vi. ; D. 87-94; P. 8; V. 1 ; A. 7882; C. K!. 



Itirh brownish-oHvu, -witli ii regular vertical bands, Ijlotclics, ami spots edged 

 with l.laL-k. 



AcHiKUS, Ciivier. 



Branchiostegals 6. Eyes to the right, the upper iu advauee of the lower. Teeth 

 minute, and only on the blind side. Pectorals none. 



A. PAVoxrsus, Lacep. 



B. xi. ; D. 64-70 ; P. 2-4 ; V. 5 ; A, 50-.5G ; C. 15. 



Greyish-brown, covered with milk-wliite spots of various shapes and sizes, edged 

 ■witli black, and some with a black central dot. 



The Andainans. 



This is probably the ' Tenmserim sole,' of which Mason records that the natives 

 consider that they swim in pairs, " with their flat uncoloured sides united." 



SrxATTUEA, Cantor. 



Branchiostegals 6. Eyes to the right, the upper in advance of the lower. Teeth 

 minute, ou the left side only. Palate edentulous. 



a. The riy/if peeloral tlie longest. 



S. oiiTENTALis, SwainsoH. 



B. vi. ; D. 62-6.5 ; P. 7 ; V. 5 ; A. 47-50 ; C. 16. 



Nasal tube simple. The right pectoral longer than the left. No enlarged scales 

 over the nape. Bluish slate, with short narrow black vertical bands crossing the 

 lateral line ; occasionally some white marks. Vertical fins dark : outer haK of pectoral 

 black. 



S. I'AN, Ham. Bueh. 



B. vi.; D. 57-60; P. 7 ; V. 6 ; A. 43-45; C. 14. 



A patent nostril in front of lower eye, and a tubular one anterior to it. Nostril 

 on blind side concealed. Scales on the nape enlarged. Dull red, or muddy brown 

 or grey with irregular vertical black blotches or bands. Eight pectoral black. 



Coast of Burma. 



CrNOOLOssus, Hamilton Buchanan. 



Branchiostegals 6. Eye to the left. Snout prolonged and curved downwards 

 and backwards. Mouth narrow and unsyrametrieal. Teeth minute, on the right 

 side only. Lateral line on the coloured sicle, double or triple. Pectorals none. 



C. BEACHniHYjfcnus, Bleeker. 



B. vi.; D. 106; V. 4; A. 78 ; C. 12. 



Two nostrils, a patent one between the eyes, and a tubular one in front of the 

 lower eye. No right ventral. Two lateral lines on the coloured side separated by 

 17 or 18 rows of scales. A single one on the blind side. 



Manlmain, in brackish water. 



C. Bkxgalknsis, Bleeker. (Var. ?) 



B. vi. ; D. 105; V. 4 ; A. 68 ; C. 15. 



Eyes small, contiguous. Two lateral lines on the coloured side, divided by 14 rows 

 of scales, 1 on the blind side. Brown, vertical fins spotted and edged with black. 

 The Sittoung River. 



0. LIDA, Bleeker. 



B. vi. ; D. 99104 ; V. 1 ; A. 75-83 ; C. 12. 



