25. LIACHIRtlS. 479 



Achirua barbatiis, Geoffr. Ann. Mus. i. p. 152. tab. 1 1 ; Ri'tpp. Ail. Fische, 



p. 122. tab. 31. fig. 2. 

 ? PleiLTOuectes niaculosus, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 89. 



D. 67. A. 53. L. lat. 100. 



Dorsal and anal rays branched. None of the scales arc ciliated. 

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

 total length (without caudal). Greyish-olive, with numerous bro\\Ti 

 dots on the body, head and fins, and with scattered white ocelli edged 

 with brown and with a brown spot in the centre. 



Eastern coasts of Africa. 



a, h. Fine specimens. Red Sea. 



c. Adult. Madagascar. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



2. Pardachirus pavoninus. 



Acbirus pavoninus, Lacep. iv. pp. 658, 661 ; Cant. Catal. p. 225 ; Bleeh. 



Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Pleuron. p. 18, 

 Pleuronectes pavoninus, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 310. 



D. 67. A. 50-52. L. lat. 90. 



Dorsal and anal rays branched. Only the scales on the head and 

 a few on the body minutely ciliated. The height of the body is two- 

 fifths or one-thii'd of the total length (without caudal). Yellowish- 

 bro'wn ; the head and body with numerous larger and smaller rounded 

 white spots, edged and minutely dotted with dark-brown, and with 

 a round black dot in the centre ; vertical fins with numerous whitish 

 ocelli. 



East Indies. 



a. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



b. Half-grown. Singapore. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



c. Adult : has been in chloride of zinc. Moluccas. Purchased of 



Mr. Frank. 

 d-e. Half-grown : not good state. Old Collection. 



25. LIACHIRUS. 



Eyes on the right side, the upper in advance of the lower. Mouth 

 unsymmetrical, narrow, narrower on the left side than on the right ; 

 teeth minute, on the blind side only. Dorsal and anal rays naked, 

 \vithout pores at the base ; the dorsal commences on the extremity 

 of the snout, and terminates at the root of the caudal. Pectorals 

 none. Two separate ventrals. Scales small, not ciliated ; lateral 

 line straight, — a second on the blind side along the upper profile of 

 the neck, commencing from the snout. GiU-openings narrow, the 

 gill-membranes being broadly united below the throat. 



Chinese Seas. 



1. Liachirus nitidus. 



D. 63. A. 50. L. lat. 75. 



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



