34. CYNOGLOSSrS. 



501 



of that of the body. Browni.sli, with bLicki.sh- brown tran.vci-sc 

 spots ; many rays of the \Trtical fins blackish. 

 Ganges. 



«. Four and a third inches long. Ganges. From the Collection of 

 ttic Zoological Society. 



21. Cynoglossus elongatus. 



Plagu,siapotou.s5/<rA-. TWham/.Bafar. Gcnootsch.xx\x.Plc,n-o„ p ■>>, 



lingua, Cant. L'utul. p. 23.3. • i • - . 



Aielia lingua, Kuup, I. c. 



1). 137. A. 107. CIO. V. 4. L. lat. 95 

 Two lateral lines on the left side, separated by about eight lon^-i- 

 tudmal series of scales at the point of their greatest distance, fl^oth 



7^:'^r"'V' 'I' '^^ '^^'"S- *^^ "°^-^ ^'--l«P^d, and con- 

 tiguous vjith the anal. Two nostrils : one between the eyes, and the 

 other before the lower angle of the lower eye. The upper eye is in 

 advance of the lower ; the ^^•ldth of the interorbital space equals that 

 of the orbit. Lips not fringed. The length of the snout is contained 

 wice and a third in_ that of the head. The rostral hook terminates 

 behind the symphy.sis of the mandibles. The height of the b.Klv is 

 containe.l six times and two-thir-ds in the total length, the length of 

 the head five times and a third. RedcUsh-brown, with distant 

 rounded irregular blackish-brown blotches ; caudal black 

 JKast Indian Seas. 



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



22. Cynoglossus lingua. 

 Cyuoglossus lingua, Ha/n. Bxch. Fish. (i(ni(/. pp 30 36,5 



D. 142. A. 112. C. 8. V. 4. 'L.Iat.'lOo." 

 Two latenil Unes on the left side, separated by thirteen longitudinal 

 series ot scales at the point of their greatest distance. Eight side 

 ^vlth cycloid scales and ^ith a single inconspicuous lateral line One 

 ventral, contiguous ^vith the anal. Two nostrils : one above the 

 lower eye, the other in front of its lower angle. The ujiper eve is 

 slightly in advance of the lower ; the width of the interorbital space 

 IS a little less than that of the orbit, which is one-fourteenth of the 

 length of the head. Lips not fi-inged. The length of the snout is 

 contained twice and a fourth in that of the head. The cleft of the 

 mouth extends behind the eyes, its angle being much nearer to the 

 gill-opening than to the extremity of the snout. Ilie rostral hook 

 terminates Ix'hind the symphysis of the mandibles. The height of 

 the body is contained six times in the total length, the length of the 

 head five tmies and a (juarter. Keddish-bro\ra, uniform or clouded 

 with darker. 



Mouth of the Ganges. 

 <i. Eleven inches long. Ganges. From the Collection of the Zoolo- 

 gical Societ}-. 

 h. .\dult: skin.' Ganges, rresented by 0. K. AA'aterhouse, Es...— 

 Troliably type of the species. 



