14. PSEUDORHOMBTJS. 427 



caudal). Greenish, with several bro-«Ti cloud-like spots ; two black 

 ocelli edged with Avhite on the straight portion of the lateral line. 



Ganges. 



A coloured di-amng of this fish, 31 Hnes long, is in the Collection 

 of Drawings presented by General Hardwicke to the British Museum. 



6. Pseudorhombus cinnamomeus. 



Rhombus cinnamomeus, Schley. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 180. tab. 93 ; 

 Sleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. iii. Japan, p. 25. 



D. 81-85. A. 64-65. L. lat. 80. 



The dorsal fin commences in front of the eye. The height of the 

 body is contained twice and two-fifths in the total length (with the 

 caudal), the length of the head five times. Eyes very close together. 

 Scales ciliated. Lateral line with a strong curve anteriorly. The 

 length of the maxillary is nearly two-fifths of that of the head ; 

 lower jaw with about fifteen teeth on the left side, and with about 

 thirty-five on the right. The left pectoral fin is longer than the right, 

 which is half as long as the head. Yellowish, clouded with darker, 

 and \vith numeroas small bluish-white spots ; a large brown spot on 

 the lateral line, immediately behind the extremitj' of the pectoral. 



Nagasaki. 



7. Pseudorhombus javanicus. 



Rhombus javanicus, Bleek. Batav. p. 502. 



D. 69-74. A. 51-56. L. lat. 75. 



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fourths to 

 t'tt'ice and one-foiu'th in the total length (without caudal), the length 

 of the head foiu- times ; eyes verj^ close together, the lower scarcely 

 in advance of the upper. The length of the maxillary is two-fifths 

 of that of the head. Canine or canine-hke teeth none : in the upper 

 jaw the anterior teeth are of moderate size, the posterior very small 

 and numerous ; the lower jaw with sixteen to twenty teeth on each 

 side. Lateral line with a strong curve anteriorlj^ The dorsal fin 

 commences before the upper eye. The length of the jDectoral is con- 

 tained once and a third in that of the head, that of the caudal six 

 times in the total. YcUowish-oUve, with scattered green dots and 

 occlU ; dorsal and anal edged with yellow. 



Java. 



a. Half-grown. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



8. Pseudorhombus multimaculatus. 

 D. 71. A. 55. L. lat. 78. 

 The height of the body is contained once and three-fourths to 

 once and four -fifths in the total length (without caudal), the length 

 of the head thrice and a half to thrice and tAvo-thirds. Scales ciliated. 

 Eyes very close together, separated only by an elevated naked ridge. 

 Snout with the jaws equal anteriorly, very sliort, as long as the eye, 



