7. ABNOGLOSSUS. 417 



a pair of round blackish spots posteriorlj' on the dorsal and anal 

 fins. 



Mediterranean. 



4. Arnoglossus aspilus. 



Rhombus aspilos,^fc<Vi;. Verhcmd. Batav. Genootsch.xxiv. Jfc<yo«.p.l4, 

 or NaUmrk. Tydschr. Neclerl. Iml. 1. p. 408. 



B. 6. D. 80-82. A. 61-63. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is contained twice and a third in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head nearly foiir times. 

 The width of the intcrorbital space is less than one-half of the dia- 

 meter of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head ; the 

 lower eye is in advance of the upper. Snout with the lower jaw 

 prominent. The length of the maxillary is two-fifths of that of the 

 head. A portion of the humeral arch projects behind the ventral. 

 The dorsal and anal fins are continued on to the root of the caudal. 

 Uniform brownish-grey. 



Java, Bali, Sumatra. 



a. Thi'ee inches long. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection, as Pseudo- 

 rJiomhus aspilos. 



5. Arnoglossus grohmaimi. 



Pleuronectes grohmanui, Boncq). Faun. Hal. Pesce; Cmicstr. Arch. 

 Zool. i. p. 12. tav. 1. fig. 3. 



D. 80. A. 52. L. lat. ca 45. (Bonap.) 

 86-90. 60-67. (Canestr.) 



The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length (without 

 caudal). Scales deciduous. Lowcrjaw slightly prominent ; the length 

 of the maxillary is rather less than one-third of that of the head. 

 Eyes very close together, the lower in advance of the upper. The 

 second dorsal ray is elongate. Brownish, clouded with darker ; fins 

 with. bro\\Ti spots. 



Mediterranean. 



6. Arnoglossus lophotes. 



D. 95. A. 77. L. lat. 60. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds to twice 

 and foiu--fifths in the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head four times and a half to four times and tlirec-fourths. Scales 

 deciduous ; anterior cui-ve of the lateral Hnc subscmicircular. Snout 

 with the lower jaw slightly prominent, as long as the eye, the diameter 

 of which is onc-iifth of the length of the head. The length of the 

 maxillary is a Httle less than one-third of that of the head. Eyes 

 separated by a very nan-ow elevated ridge, the lower being in advance 

 of the upper. The four anterior dorsal rays are elongate, nearly as 

 long as the head. The dorsal fin corainences in front of the upper 

 eye and terminates close by the caudal. Caudal fin somewhat shorter 



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