PARALICHTHIN.E 



109 



Type. — Queensland Museum. 



Distribution. — Persian Gulf, through the Indian Ocean and Archipelago to 

 Australia. 



Specimens Examined : 



2 (135, 140 mm.). 



3 (105-134 .. )• 

 I (133 mm.). 



1 ("5 ,, )• 



2 (120, 130 mm.). 



1 (115 mm.). 



2 (37, 50 mm.). 



z (147, 150 mm.). 

 5 (80-130 ,, ). 

 2 (95-105 „ )■ 



1 (133 mm.). 



4 (i 18-146 mm.). 



Persian Gulf, 10-20 fms. 

 Orissa Coast, 7-1 1 fms. 

 Puri Beach, Orissa. 

 Sandheads, R. Hughli. 

 Mouth of R. Hughli. 

 Gulf of Cambay, 25-30 fms. 

 Gulf of Martaban. 

 Xahtrang Bay, Indo-China. 

 Bali Strait, 109 fms. 

 .Malacca Strait (3° 43' N., 



99° 10' E.). 

 3 to 7 miles N.W. of Hervey 



Bay, Queensland, 9-1 1 fms. 

 12 miles N.E. of Bowen, 



Queensland, 19-25 fms. 



Gates. 

 Paris Mus. 

 Hardenberg. 



Austr. Mus. 

 (■' Endeavour "). 



Also a number from the Persian Gulf, coasts of India and Burma (Ind. Mus.) ; 

 from the east coast of Queensland (Austr. Mus. " Endeavour ") ; and 2 from Malacca 

 Strait (Laborat. Onderzoek Zee, Batavia). 



16. PSEUDORHOMBUS JAVANICUS (Bleeker). 



Rhombus javanicus, Bleeker, 1853, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., iv, p. 502. 



Pseudorhombus javanicus, Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 427 ; Bleeker, 1866-72, Atl. Ichth., vi, 



p. 8, Pleuron. pi. i, fig. 3 ; Weber, 1913, " Siboga "-Exped., Fische, p. 424 ; Norman, 1927, 



Rec. Ind. Mus., x.xix, p. 16 ; Weber and Beaufort, 1929, Fish. Indo-Austral. Arch., v, p. 109 ; 



Norman, 1931, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) viii, p. 598; Wu, 1932, Thes. Facult. Sci. Univ. 



Paris, A. 244 (268), p. 82. 

 Plaiophrys javanicus , Evermann and Seale, 1907, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., xxvi, (1906), p. 105. 



Fig. 67. — Pscudorhomb 



Depth of body 2 j^ to 2j in the length, length of head 3I to 4. Upper profile of 

 head evenly convex or very slightly notched in front of eyes. Snout as long as or a 

 little longer than eye, diameter of which is 4 to 5 in length of head ; anterior margins 



