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FLATFISHES (HF.THROSOMATA) 



Close to P. Iiiocellalus. Depth of body 15 in the length, length of head 3I to 35. 

 Snout shorter than eye. diameter of which is 3 to 35 in length of head. Length of 

 maxillary a little more than twice in head. 23 to 25 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales all ctenoid on both sides of body ; 60 to 67 in lateral line. Dorsal 

 67-70 ; anterior rays somewhat prolonged, quite free from membrane, hrst ray not 

 much more than i length of head. Anal 49-51 : tip of first interha-mal spine projecting. 

 Length of pectoral of ocular side 1} to i? in that of head. Pale brownish, with a 

 number of more or less ilistmct darker rmgs ; median tins with brown spots and 

 blotches. 



Type, — British Museum (Nat. Hist ). Reg. No. 1904, 5.23.74. 



Distribution. — Muscat, Gulf of Oman. 



Specimens Ex-mwined : 



.i ('to- 



Tvpes 



Mus 



:il. I'.ulf of Oiii. 



Tdwnsend. 



7. PSEUDORHOMBUS MALAYANUS, Blceker. 



PseuUorhovibiis russcUii (part), Glinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., \v. p. 424. 

 Pscudorhombus malayanus, Bleeker, 1866, Ned. Tijdschr. Dieriv., lii, p. 43; 



All. Ichth.. vi, p. 7, Pleuron., pi. iii, fig. 2 ; Norman, 1927, Rec. Ind. M 

 Pseudnrlwmbiis nrsiiis (part), Jenkins, 1910, Mem. Ind. llus., iii, p. 24. 

 Fscudorhotfihiis vUgudon, Weber and Beaufort, 1029, Fish. Indo-.Anstr.d. 



Chabanaud, 1929, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, (2) i, p. .374. 



Bleeker, 1SO6-72 



r..M. (\.H.) 



Depth of body if to twice in the length, length of head 3J to 3!. Upper 

 profile of head a little notched in front of eyes. Snout as long as or a little longer 

 than eye, diameter of which is 4^ to nearly in length of head : anterior margins of 

 eyes level or upper a little in advance of lower, separated from edge of head by a 

 space equal to ^ or ^ its diameter. Maxillary extending to below po.sterior ed.ge or 

 hinder part of eye, length 2 J to 2 J in that of head ; lower jaw not projecting, 15 to 

 1 1 in head. Lateral teeth of upper jaw small, rather close-set, anterior teeth enlarged ; 

 teeth of lower jaw stronger and wider apart than those of upper, 7 to 11 on blind side 

 of jaw ; some of the teeth in lioth jaws with barbed tips. Gill-rakers rather short ; 



Tlie largest sper 



elected as the holotvpe 



