I'AKALICHTHIN.'E 107 



73 in lateral line. Supratemporal branch of lateral line extending towards seventh 

 to ninth ray of dorsal tin. Dorsal 68-73 ■ commencing above space between nostrils 

 of blind side, and at a distance in front of eye equal to J or ^ its diameter. Anal 

 53-57 : tip oi first interhaemal spine projecting. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 

 12 rays, length i J to i^ in that of head ; that of blind side 2 to 2^ in head. Caudal 

 pointed or double-truncate ; caudal peduncle 2 to 3 times as deep as long. Brownish, 

 with darker spots and markings, of which five ocelli arranged thus, : :•, are most 

 prominent ; median fins with small, dark spots. 



, 65.—Pscudorlwmlius pnitophthalmus. B.M. (N.H.) 48.3.16.207. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 48.3.16.207. 



Distribution. — Java Sea ; Indo-China ; Formosa ; China and Japan ; Corea. 



Specimens Examined : 



China. Belcher. 



Inland Sea of Japan. Smith. 



" Challenger." 

 Japan. Jordan. 



Also 8 from Fukuura, Japan (Zool. Samml, Munich) ; and a co-tvpeof P. annamensis 

 (Paris Mus.). 



Apart from a supposed difference in the size of the eye, P. ocellifer is very close to 

 P. pentophthalnius, and as the eye appears to be very variable in size I am unable to 

 recognise this as a distinct species. Arnoglossus wakiyai, Schmidt, from Fusan (Corea), 

 is almost certainly this species, and, in view of the fact that the pelvic fins are de- 

 scribed as " attached nearly symmetrically and ... of the same length ", it is 

 difficult to understand why it was placed in the genus Arnoglossus. I have examined 

 a co-type (120 mm.) of P. annamensis, from the Bay of Nhatrang, French Indo-China. 

 and regard this species as probably identical with P. pentophihalmus, which has been 

 recorded from the Java Sea by Weber and Beaufort. The body is very sUghtly 

 deeper, the anterior profile a little more elevated, and the third and fourth rays of 

 the dorsal fin longer than those that follow, but in other respects it agrees very 

 closely with examples of P. pentophihalmus of equal size. 



This is a small species, rarely exceeding a length of 5 or 6 inches. 



