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FLATFISHES (HF:TER0S0MATA) 



base of eightli or ninth ray of dorsal fin. I^orsal 74-80 : commencing just behind 

 posterior nostril of blind side, above or a little in front of anterior margin of eye. 

 Anal 58-61 (63) ; tip of first interha?mal spine not projecting. Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 11 to 13 rays, length ij to ij in that of head. Caudal pointed or doublc- 

 tnincate ; caudal peduncle more than twice as deep as long. Brownish, with a number 

 of darker spots and markings, of w-hich 6 ocelli arranged thus, : : : , and a series of 

 S or 6 smaller ones at edges of body, are generally most prominent ; fins with numerous 

 dark brown spots and markings ; dorsal and anal each with a scries of 7 tn ii promment 

 spots near basal parts of fins ; a pair of dark blotches at base of caudal fin. 

 Type. — Australian Museum. No. I. 3080. 

 Distribution. — Coasts of south-eastern Australia, 

 Oucensland. 



Specimens Ex.vmined : 



Northern New South Wales. 

 8 miles E. of Sandon Bluff, 



N'.S. Wales, 35-40 fms. 

 Port Jackson, .\.S, Wales. 



northwards 



3 {igz~220 mm.). 



4 (210-235 ,, ). 



(•• ICndc 



str. Mm 



(Austr. Mus. 



,\lso several from New South Wales and southern (Queensland 

 " Endeavour "). 



5. PSEUDORHOMBUS TRIOCELLATUS (Schneider). 



PU-uronecUs trwcfllatus, Schneider 1801, in Bloch, Syst. Ichth., p. 145. 

 Khomhus InocMalus, Sleeker, 1853, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., v, p. 5-8. 

 Pseudorhombus Iriocdialus, Gunther, 1S62, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 428 ; Kncr, 1869, Roise 



" Novara ", Zool. i, 5, Fische, p. 284 ; Bleeker, 1866-72, Atl. Ichth., vi, p. t), Pleuron., pi. 



Mil, fig. I ; Uay, 1877, Fish. India, p. 424, pi. xcii, fig. i ; Norman, 1927, Rec. Ind. Mus., 



.\xix, p. II ; Fowler, 192S, Mem. B.P. Bishop Mus., x, p. 93; Weber and Beaufort, 1929, 



Fish, Indo-.-\iistral. Arch., v, p. loS. 

 raniUcUhys hincclhilm. Fowler. 10..4, J. .\rad. Nat. Sci. rhilad. (2) Xli, p. 555. 



Depth of body i^ to ij in the length, length of head 3^ to 3J. Upper profile 

 of head sometimes a little notched in front of eyes. Snout about as long as eye, 

 diameter of which is 3 J to 4 in length of head ; anterior margins of eyes level, or lower 

 a little in advance of upper, which is separated from edge of head by a space equal to 



