PARALICHTHIN.t; 



97 



J or J its diameter. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye or not quite as far, 

 length 2l to 2^ in that of head ; lower jaw not projecting, nearly twice in head. Teeth 

 minute in both jaws, scarcely enlarged anteriorly. Gill-rakers rather long, slender ; 

 about 23 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on 

 blind side, except anteriorly and near bases of dorsal and anal fins, where they are 

 ctenoid ; 63 to fag scales in lateral line. Supratemporal branch of lateral line 

 extending towards tenth to thirteenth ray of dorsal fin. Dorsal 65-70 ; commencing 

 above or a little in front of anterior nostril of blind side, and at a distance in front of 

 eye equal to about J its diameter ; anterior rays somewhat prolonged, free from 

 membrane, first ray nearly f length of head. Anal 49-52 ; tip of first interhaemal 

 spine sometimes projecting. Pectoral of ocular side with 12 or 13 rays, length ij 

 to li in that of head. Caudal rounded or double-truncate ; caudal peduncle 3 to 3J 

 times as deep as long. Brownish, with indistinct darker spots and markings, and 

 sometimes with some scattered white spots and blotches ; three large conspicuous 

 dark ocelli arranged in the form of a triangle on the body ; median fins with dark 

 spots and blotches. 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — East coast of India to the Malay Archipelago ; 



Specimens Examined : 



2 (85, 100 mm.). — 



I (120 mm.). .Madras. 



; (112, 114 mm.). 



7(100-130 ,, ). Orissa Coast, 8 fms. Ind. Mus. 



Also several from Ceylon, Madras, Orissa coast and Burma (Ind. Mus.) ; i from 

 Moluccas, I from Borneo, and 2 (Bleeker Coll.) from India (?) (Leiden Mus.) : and i 

 from Colombo (Mus. Comp. Zool). 



Attains a length of 6 or 8 inches. 



Tahiti I 



Zool. Soc. Coll. 

 Day. 



Pseudorhombu 



6. PSEUDORHOMBUS ANNULATUS, Norman. 

 nulatus, Norman, 1927, Rec. Ind. Mus., xxix, p. 12, pi. ii. 



Fig. 58. — Psiudorhombus annulatus. B.M. (N.H.) 1904.5.25.74. X i. 



' Kccorded by Kner (1S69) ; locality probably 



