14. PSEUDORHOMBUS. 429 



to behind the middle of the eye, and its length is one-half of that of 

 the head. Upper jaw with two pairs of small canine teeth anteriorly. 

 Front margins of the orbits on the same level. Fin-rays scaly : the 

 dorsal fin terminates close by the caudal ; its anterior rays are con- 

 siderably shorter than those behind the middle of the fin, wliich are 

 two-fifths as long as the head. The length of the caudal is one-fifth, 

 that of the pectoral one -sixth of the total. GUI-rakers slender, 

 closely set, half as long as the eye. Yellowish (in spirits), with brown 

 oceUated spots, and with five violet, white-edged ocelli, disposed 

 thus : : i 

 China Seas. 



a. Forty-four lines long. China. Presented by Vice- Admiral Sir E. 

 Belcher, C.B. 



11. Pseudorhombiis olivaceus. 



Hippoglossus olivaceus, Schley. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 184. tab. 94. 

 Rhombus wolffii, Bleek. Japan, p. 421, and^e^. Soc, Sc.Indo-Nederl. v. 

 Japan, v. tab. 2. fig. 3. 



B. 7. D. 76-85. A. 57-61. L. lat. 120. 



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

 total length (without caudal). Scales ciliated ; interorbital space 

 flat, scaly, its width being one-third of the vertical diameter of the 

 eye. Snout with the jaws subequal anteriorly, rather longer than 

 the eye, the diameter of which is one-sixth of the length of the head. 

 The length of the maxillaiy is one-half of that of the head. Teeth 

 large, conical, pointed : upper jaw with two or three canines on its 

 anterior portion and with a series of small ones posteriorly ; lower 

 jaw with about seven widely-set teeth on each side, increasing in 

 length towards the symphysis. Front margins of the orbits on the 

 same level, the upper being situated on the upper profile of the head. 

 The depth of the curve of the lateral line is one-half of its width. 

 Fin-rays scaly ; the distance of the dorsal from the caudal is one- 

 half of the depth of the free portion of the tail ; the longest dorsal 

 rays are behind the middle of the fin, their length being two-fifths 

 of that of the head, and equal to that of the pectoral. GiU-rakers 

 slender, lanceolate, rather closely set, not much shorter than the orbit. 

 Brownish, clouded with darker ; vertical fins with brown dots ; a 

 small round black spot on the lateral line and another on the pos- 

 terior part of the abdomen. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. 

 a. Seven inches long. Amoy. From Mr. Swinhoe's Collection. 



12. Pseudorhombus vorax. 



Rhombua aramaca, Castcln. Anim. nour. I'li rures, Poiss. p. 78. pi. 40. 

 fig. 3 ; (not Marcgr. or Cuv.). 



D. 71. A. 54. L. lat. 74. 

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

 length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice and three- 



