lib FLATFISHES (HETEKOSOMATA) 



Also 4 Ironi Queensland (Aiistr. Mus. " Endeavour "), and i from St. Vincent 

 Gulf, S. Australia~(S. Austr. Mus). 



It seems probable that more than one form is included within this widely distri- 

 buted and apparently variable species, but the material in the British Museum is 

 quite inadequate to 'settle this matter. I have compared examples representing 

 Ogilbv's P. yiovfP-cambricF with the types of P. miiltitnaculatits, and believe them to 

 be identical, but the latter are in a poor state of preser\ation. and the type locality is 

 unknown. The type of P. jenynsii (Bleeker) is a dried skin, but appears to be the 

 same species.' Whitley has recently given an excellent figure of Ogilby's P. anomalus, 

 the type of which is in the Queensland Museum (Reg. No. I. I3'i568). and I am 

 indebted to him for several notes on this specimen. It differs from typical examples 

 of P. jetiynsit only in the rather more slender body and in the somewhat longer and 

 slightly more numerous gill-rakers. Among specimens from Port Jackson in the 

 Bntisli Museum is one (140 mm ) which agrees well in general appearance with the 

 hgure of P attomalus, and also exhibits the longer gill-rakers, which are 10 in number. 

 This form is. perhaps, best to be regarded as a variety of jenynsii [anomalus, Ogilby], 

 and a copy of Whitley's figure is given here. Among the material collected by the 

 " Endeavour " is one specimen (E. 6680), previously identified by me as P. multi- 

 maculaliis (^jenynsii), which differs from that species in the following characters: 

 The length of the head is a little less than 3J in that of fish (without caudal) : the 

 upper profile of head is nearly straight ; the diameter of the eye is 4, the length of 

 the maxillary a httle more than 2f in that of head ; there are 5 or 6 very short, stout 

 giU-rakers on the lower part of the anterior arch. I am not inclined to describe this 

 as a new species on the basis of a single specimen, but it may well be regarded, for the 

 present, as another variety o! jeiiy^isii, for which I propose the name dubius (var n). 

 A figure of this fish (B j\l. Reg. No. 1925.7.22.35) is also included liere. 



21. PSEUDORHOMBUS NEGLECTUS, Bleeker. 



rscudorlwmbus negleclus, Bleeker. 1866, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., iii, p. 44; Bleeker. 1866-7;, Atl. 



Ichlh.. VI, p. 8. Pleuron. pi. 111, fig. i; Weber. 1913, " Siboga "-Exped., Fische, p. 424; 



Weber .ind Beaufort, 1929. Fish. Indo-Austral. Arch., v, p. in. 

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



Depth of body i^'n to 2J in the length, length of head 3! to 3';. Upper profile 

 of head straight or a little notched in front of eyes. Snout shorter than eye, diameter 

 of which is 3J to 4i in length of head ; upper eye a little in advance of lower, and 

 very close to edge of head. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye or a little 

 beyond, length 2^ to 2 J in that of head ; lower jaw not projecting. i| in head. Teeth 

 all rather small, scarcely enlarged anteriorly. GiU-rakers rather short, compressed ; 

 g to II (12) on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, the spinules 

 sometimes confined to a patch in the centre of the piostenor edge of each scale, cycloid 

 on blind side ; about 77 scales in lateral line. Supratemporal branch of lateral line 

 extending towards space between seventh and eighth rays of dorsal fin. Dorsal 

 (68) 72-75 ; commencing just behind posterior nostril of blind side, and above anterior 

 margin of eye. Anal (53) 56-59 ; tip of first interha;mal spine not projecting. 

 Pectoral of ocular side with 12 or 13 rays, length ij to lA in that of head. Caudal 

 bluntly pointed ; caudal peduncle nearly 3 times as deep as long. Pale brownish, 

 with or without numerous small dark dots ; a dark blotch, often encircled with white, 

 at junction of curved and straight portions of lateral line, and a second on middle of 

 straight part ; median fins with brown spots and markings. 



Type. — Leiden Museum. 



Distribution. — Indo-Australian Archipelago ; Philippines; southern Chinese Sea. 



' The new names proposed by Bleeker in this list (1 85 51. one of the first rheck-hsts of .Australasian 

 fislies, had been generally overlooked until thev were noticed by Whitlev (1931). 



