PARALICHTHINyE in 



feebly spinulate ; 1 1 or 1 2 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales all ctenoid on ocular 

 side, cycloid on blind side ; 75 to 82 in lateral line. Supratemporal branch of lateral 

 line branched, nearly reaching dorsal fin between bases of ninth and tenth rays. 

 Dorsal 80-89 ; commencing about above anterior nostril of blind side, and at a 

 distance in front of eye equal to nearly | its diameter ; a line connecting base of 

 first ray and posterior nostril, if continued, passes above the hinder end of the maxillary 

 or crosses its posterior part. Anal 63-69 ; tip of first interha;mal spine rather feeble, 

 sometimes projecting. Pectoral of ocular side with 13 rays, length about ij in that 

 of head. Caudal pointed or double-truncate ; caudal peduncle 3 times as deep as 

 long. Brownish, with a number of darker rings more or less regularly arranged, those 

 near edges of body most prominent ; a dark spot or diffuse blotch, generally with a 

 white margin, at junction of curved and straight portions of lateral line, and generally 

 one or two similar spots on the straight part ; median fins with numerous small 

 brown spots ; sometimes flecked with white. 



TvPE. — Leiden Museum. 



Distribution. — China and Japan ; Formosa. 



Specimens Ex.^mined : 



Amoy, China. Light. 



Shanghai, China. Swinhoe. 



Coast of Shan-Tung, China. Wu. 



). Inland Sea of Japan. Smith. 



Also I from Japan (Leiden Mus,, Bleeker Coll.), and i from Japan (Zool. Samml., 

 Munich). 



Platessa chrysoptera, Richardson, which is doubtfully identical with Pleuronecies 

 chrysopterus, Schneider, is based on a figure in the collection of water-colour drawings 

 made by Mr. J. Reeves (plate 44, number 104), which may represent this species. 



i8. PSEUDORHOMBUS LEVISQUAMIS (Oshima). 



Spinirhombus Uvisquamis. Oshima, 1927, Japan. J. Zool., Trans. Abstr., i (5). p. 189. 

 Pseudorhombus Icvisqiiamis, Wu, 1932, Thes. Facult. Sci. Univ. Paris, A. 244 (268), p. 83. 



Very close to P. cinnamoneus. Depth of body twice in the length, length of head 

 nearly 3|. Snout nearly as long as eye, diameter of which is 4^ in length of head. 



