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beautiful objects for the microscope. (An illustration of one 

 of these will be found on i^age 12 of my " Fishes of Australia.") 

 The eyes are on the right side. 



The normal colors of this fine food-fish are as follows: — 

 The l)lind side is whitish or yellowish-white. The upper side 

 is of a rich olive-brown, mottled over with large, irregular, 

 darker blotches. There is a very great amount of variation 

 in the colors and their arrangement according to the situa- 

 tion, and I have seen " Black " Soles taken on clean sandy 

 ground which were of a light fawn color. 



Zebra Sole {Synaptura zebra). 



Rarely met with, and at present of no importance. It 

 is of a yellowish ground color, with a number (about eleven) 

 of brown zebra-like broad cross-bands. 



The eyes are on the right side. 



Many-banded Sole {Synaptura fasciata). 



This flat-fish was described in 1882 by Sir William Macleay 

 from a single small example measuring 5 inches, trawled in 

 the waters of Port Jackson on the occasion before referred 

 to. Since then it has been captured occasionally in the same 

 harbor in moderately' deep water and up to a length of 

 about 8 inches. It is probable that the species is to be found 

 usually in fairly deep water at sea. In support of this idea, 

 I might mention that a single specimen was taken in the 

 trawl at a depth of 28 fathoms by the " Thetis," in 1898. 

 The e^'cs are on the right side. 



The color is a pale brown, with about twenty dark, narrow 

 cross-bars, about equidistant from one another, distributed 

 over the head and body. 



Tonguo-Fish {SympJiurus unicolor). 



Pl.ATF. LXXIV. 



Though not at j)rcsent of special importance, the Tongue- 

 Fish is quite common on sandy bottoms at shallow depths 

 along the coast of New South Wales, where it attains a length 

 of about 13 inches. In form it is that of a very long oval, 



