PARALICHTHIN^ 



-Pscttdorhombus ncglectus. B.M. (X.H.) 1924.9.30.3. X |. 



Specimens Examined : 

 3 (145-205 mm.). 

 I (172 mm.). 



1 (155 ,. ). 



2 (165, 187 mm.). 



Singapore Fishmarket. Raffles Mus. 



S. Chinese Sea. Amsterdam Mus. 



Malacca Strait (3" 40' N., 99" 10' E.). Hardenberg. 



Cap Saint Jacques, French Indo-China. Paris Mus. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 

 22. PSEUDORHOMBUS [?] XAUPHALA (Hamilton). 

 Pleiironectes naitphala, Hamilton, 1822, Fish. Ganges, p. 126. 



" The fish is narrow in proportion to its length, being shaped like the iron of a 

 lance, while its greatest width is before the middle. . . .In each jaw is a single 

 row of sharp, awl-shaped large teeth, nearly equal in size, and placed at equal distances 

 from each other. . . . The scales adhere firmly ; those on the upper side are 

 finely indented on the edge, those below are smooth. . . . The lateral lines run 

 straight along the middle of the sides, but, in their fore part, send off a branch, which, 

 forming an arch forward, is then bent up to the back. . . There are seven 



distinct fins. That of the back is slightly arched, and contains seventy-three undivided 

 flexible rays. The fin behind the vent is slightly arched, and contains 



fifty-five undivided flexible rays. . The fin of the tail is undivided and sharp- 



pointed, and contains seventeen rays, of which two on each side are undivided, and 

 the others are branched. ... Its upper or left side is rough, and of a greenish- 

 brown colour, on which are scattered some black spots ". 



Type. — None. 



Distribution. — Estuaries of the Ganges. 



Said to grow to a length of about 8 inches. 



There is no manuscript drawing of this species in existence, but, judgmg from the 

 very inadequate description, it is probably a Pseudorhombus, and may be near P. 

 arsius (Hamilton) or P. elevattts, Ogilby. 



