26. SYNAPTUEA. 483 



The upper jaw overlapping the lower. The right pectoral is longer 

 than the left, one-fourth of the length of the head. Black or brown, 

 immaculate ; vertical fins edged with yellow. 

 Singapore. 



a. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



8. Synaptura albomacnlata. 

 Synaptiira albomaculata, Kaup in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 96. 

 D. 74. A. 59. C. 16. P. 7-8. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-sixth. A barbel between the two prominent nostnls. 

 The length of the pectoral equals that of the snout. There are ti8 

 series of scales above the lateral line, and 45 below. Body with five 

 rows of yellowish-white dots. {Kaup.) 



Coromandel. 



? a. Twelve inches long : stuffed. East Indies. — The bad condition 

 of the specimen, which is much deformed by stuffing, and the in- 

 sufficiency of Dr. Kaup's description do not admit of an accurate 

 determination of this specimen ; it has 105 transverse series 

 of scales. 



9. Synaptura commersomana. 



? Pleuronectes commersonianus, Lacep. iii.pl. 12. fig. 2 (not iv. p. 656). 



Russell, pi. 70 (incorrect). 



? Solea commersoniana, Cr(v. E^gtie Anim. 



Synaptura commersoniana, Cant. Catal. p. 222. 



Solea russellii, Bkek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Pleuron. p. 15. 



D. 78-81. A. 65-66. C. 12. P. 6. L. lat. 170. 



The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length (with the 

 caudal), the length of the head one-sixth or one-seventh. The upper 

 jaw slightly overlaps the lower. The length of the pectorals is one- 

 fifth of that of the head. Brownish-olive ; vertical fins darker, edged 

 with white ; pectoral black, with buff margin. 



East Indies. 



a-6. Adult and half-grown: skins. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 

 c. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection, as <S. russellii. 



10. Synaptura pectoralis. 



Synaptura pectoralis, Kaup in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 96. 

 D. 116. A. 87. C. 18. P. 7-9. 

 The right pectoral is one-third longer than the left, and longer 

 than the head. The height of the body is one-fourth of the total 

 length, the length of the head one-seventh. (Kaup.) 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



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