I'l.ATl-ISHHS (HKIKROSOMAIA) 



Singapore* I'i 

 Buntal. Sara 

 Borneo. 

 X. Celebes. 

 Kota Radja, 

 Xear Cheribo 

 Eastern part 

 Batavi.i 

 Zamboa 



Sumatra, 

 n, Java Sea. 



Fis 



Chunripon. 



Whitely. 



Bleeker. 



Cantor. 

 Raffles Mns. 

 Brooke. 



Hardenberg. 

 Amsterdam : 



Hardenberg. 

 " Challenger. 



Type 



2 (85, 8- 



Santu.10. China. 



Amov, China. 



Port Malle, Queensland. 



4 to 20 miles N.E. of Ciloucester 



Head, Queensland, rg-35 fms. 

 3 to 7 miles N.W. of Hervey Bay, 



Queensland, g-ri fms. 

 Mouth of Wide Bay, Queensland. 

 New Soutli Wales. 



I'urt .[.aksMU. X.S.W. 

 Port Essi'n'gton, N.'s.W. 

 St, \'uirenl(,illf, S, Aiisir 



Coppinger ("Alert"). 

 Austr. Mus. 



(" Endeavour "). 



Stead. 

 Imp. Ins 



Also numerous examples from the coasts of India and Burma, Andaman Is, and 

 Mer^ui Archipelago (Ind, Mus.) ; several from the coasts of Queensland and New 

 South Wales (Austr. Mus. " Endeavour ") ; 6 from Java, Sumatra, Borneo and 

 New Guinea (Leiden Mus.) . and several from the Malay I'emnsula and Archipelago 

 (Mus. Comp. Zool). 



Pkuronectes macuiosus, Cuvier, is based on the figure of " Nooree Nalaka A" in 

 Russell's ' Descr. Fish. Vizag.'. i, p. 5S, pi. Ixxv (1803), which may represent this 

 species. Teratorhombus e.xcisiceps, Macleay, and Pseiuiurhombus andersoni, Gilchrist, 

 were ambicolorate examples. The identity of P. arsiiis and P. russellii seems fairly 

 certain, but the former is based on a drawing of a youn,g specimen, and the latter 

 on a poorly stuffed skin. P. pnlyspilus should perhaps rank as a distinct variety or 

 subspecies. 



This species is abundant 111 the Indo-l'acilic region, and attains a length of alioiit 

 15 to 18 inches. 



I'SEUUtJKHoMlU'S \A1 ALIiNSlS. Gilchrist. 



