Il8 FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



23. PSEUDORHOMBUS GUTTULATUS, Macleay. 



Pseudorhombus f^uttulatui, Macleay, 1883, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., viii, p. 276; I-'owler, iq;8, 

 Mrm. H. T. ISishop Mus., x, p. 93; Weber and Beaufort, :o::9, Fish. Indo-Au'^tral. Arch., v, 

 p. 115. 



The depth of the body is nearly ^ the total length. Eyes large, separated by a 

 narrow ridge. Teeth acute, sloping backwards. Dorsal 75 ; commencing in front of 

 eyes. Anal 63. Uniform grey, fins lighter, the whole covered with minute brown 

 dots. 



Type. — Australian Museum. No. 1. 9180. 



Distribution. — Hood Bay, New Guinea. 



The type is 100 mm. in length. 



Apparently close to P. arstiis (Hamilton). 



24. PSEUDORHOMBUS MOOREI, Thominot. 



Fiduiorhombus moorei, Thominot, 1880, Bull. Soc. philom. Pans, (7) iv, p. 175 ; McCulloch, 1939, 

 .Mem. Aust. .Mus., v, p. c8o. 



Depth of body twice in the length, length of head 3J. Snout as long as eye ; eyes 

 separated by a sharp ridge. Teeth strong. Scales ctenoid ; 75 to 80 in lateral line. 

 Dorsal 65. Anal 52-55. Pectoral with 10 rays. Caudal rounded. Greenish, with 

 23 spots or ocelh on body ; dorsal and anal fins spotted ; a black spot on pectoral 

 fin. 



Type. — No longer exists. 



Distribution. — Melbourne, Western Austraha. 



Apparently nearest to P. jenynsii (Bleeker). 



Genus 7. TARPHOPS. 



Tarphops, Jordan and Thompson, 1914, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vi, p. 307 [Rhombus oli^oUpjs, 

 Bleeker] . 



Perhaps identical with Pseudorhombus, but the scales larger, there being less 

 than 50 in the lateral line. The single species grows to a very much smaller size 

 than any Pseudorhombus, an example of 74 mm. in total length having been recorded 

 with ripe ova. 



A single species from Formosa and Japan. 



I. TARPHOPS OLIGOLEPIS (Bleeker). 



Rhombus oligolepii, Bleeker, 1858-9, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-N'eerl., v, Japan, p. 8. pi. 11, fig. ::. 

 Pseudorhombus oligolepts, Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 430 ; Jordan and Starks, 1906, Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, p. 179 ; Jordan, Tanaka and Snyder, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, .x.xxiii 



(i), p. 316 ; Schmidt, 1931, Trans. Pac. Com. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R., 11, p. 124. 

 Tarphops oltqoUpis, Jordan and Thompson, 1914, Mem. Carnegie .Mus., vi, p. 307, pi. xxxix ; Hubbs, 



1915, Proc. U.S. Xat. Mus., xlviu, p. 462 ; \Vu, 1932, Thes. Facult. Sci. Umv. Pans, A. 244 



(:68), p. 88. 

 Spinirhombus oligolepis, Oshima, 1927, Japan. J. Zool.. Trans, .\bstr., i (5), p. 191. 



Depth of body ij to 2J in the length, length of head 3 J to 3J. Upper profile of 

 head evenly curved or very slightly notched in front of eyes. Snout shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is 3 to 4 in length of head ; anterior margins of eyes nearly 

 level, the upper close to edge of head. Maxillary not reaching middle of eye, length 

 a little more than twice in head ; lower jaw not projecting, i| to i| in head. Teeth 

 very small in both jaws, scarcely enlarged anteriorly. GiU-rakers long, slender, close- 

 set ; about 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on both sides of body. 



