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is one-third of the total length (with the caudal), the length of the 

 head one-fifth. The upper jaw overhanging the lower. Pectorals 

 equal in length, as long as their distance from the eye. Greenish- 

 brown, marbled with darker. {Kaup.) 

 Naples. 



B. No dilated nostril on the blind side. 



1. Pectoral fins developed on both sides, the right being more or less 

 the longer. 



a. Nasal tube small or simple. 

 2. Sjmaptura pan. 



Plem'onectes pan, Ham. Buck. Gang. Fish. p. 130. pi. 24. fig. 42. 

 Solea pan, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. lud. i. p. 410. 

 S}Tiaptura pan, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Pleuron. p. 30. 

 Pleuronectes canus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 91. 



D. 59. A. 45. C. 14. P. 5. L. lat. 75. 



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

 length (with the caudal), the length of the head five times and a half. 

 Scales on the neck much larger than those on the body. The upper 

 jaw slightly overlapping the lower. The right pectoral is two- 

 sevenths of the length of the head ; the left is shorter, also composed 

 of five rays. Brown, with irregular black spots, and with five or six 

 short black lines falling at right angles on the upper side of the 

 lateral line. 



Ganges, Bintang, Singapore, Biliton. 



a. Adult (5 inches long). India. Presented by W. Masters, Esq. 

 h. Half-grown. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



3. Synaptura foliacea. 



Solea foliacea, Richards. Ichth. Chiti. p. 279. 



ovaUs, Richards. I. c. (from an incorrect drawing). 



D. 62. A. 46. C. 16. P. 7. L. lat. 82. 



The upper eye is slightly in advance of the lower. The height of 

 the body is one-half, or a little less than one-half, of the total length 

 (with the caudal), the length of the head two-ninths. Scales on the 

 neck not larger than those on the body ; the upper jaw slightly over- 

 lapping the lower. The right pectoral is longer than the left, and 

 one-third of the length of the head. Brownish, with four pairs of 

 lines placed at right angles on the upper side of the lateral line ; 

 they indicate cross-bands, which again become distinct on the dorsal 

 fin ; a black blotch corresponds to each of these bands on the dorsal 

 and ventral side ; sometimes there are small whitish spots in addition. 



Chinese Seas. 



a-h. Four and a quarter inches long. China. 



c. Eight and a half inches long : stuffed. China. Presented bv J. R. 

 Reeves, Esq. 



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