FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



Sl'lXIMENS EXAMINHIl 



^ (5::, 55 mm.). 

 I (S6 mm.). 



North end of Persian C.ulf. 

 Ganjani Coast, 25-35 fms. 



(57 



2(50, 58 mm.). 



:^ (68, 72 ,, ). Andam.m Is., 53 fins. 



3 (72-Qo ,. ). Bali Sea (8° -9' S., 114' 40' E.), 5S fms. HardcnlierR. 



-Mso several from the Persian Gulf. India and Burma (Ind. Mus.) ; one from off 

 C.alle. Ceylon (Liverpool Univ.) ; and one from the Java Sea (.Amsterdam Mus). 



ARNOGLOSSUS FISONI, Ogilby 

 nn. Soc. N.S.W., 



,lfii..WoSiiis fisoni, Ogilbv, l.S.,,S, Pn.r. I.inn. So 



Res." Endeavour '■, v, p. 243, hs. 5 : McCulloch, I<12>) 

 and Mohr, 1929, Mitt. Zool. Mus. HauilmrR, xliv, p. 80 



i, p. ^05 ; Nn 

 Aust. Mus., V, 



Depth of body ij to J ,^ in the length, length of head .| to 4 J. Snout a little 

 longer than eve, diameter of which is 45 to 5 in length of heatl ; eyes separated by a 

 narrow bony ridge, the lower very little in advance of upper, which is well separated 

 from edge of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of eye, length 2J 

 to 3 in that of head ; lower jaw nearly twice in head. Teeth all small, scarcely 

 enlarged anteriorly. 9 or 10 slender gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 

 cycloid on both .sides ; 52 to 56 in lateral hne. Dorsal 96-101 ; all the rays unsealed, 

 none prolonged. Anal (74) 77-80. Pectoral of ocular side with 8 or 9 rays, the two 

 upper rays a little prolonged in the male : length 1} to i J in that of head. Caudal 

 obtusely pointed. Brownish, with or without irregular dusky markings ; a narrow 



k-ellowish band at upper and lower edges of body, parallel with the profile ; 

 small brown spots. 



Type. — Not traced (? Queensland Mus.). 



Distribution. — Coast of .southern Queen.sland ; Bismarck .\rchipclago. 



Specimens Examined : 



I (130 niMi.). 7 to 10 miles N.W. of Huuimocky Is,, Quc-eiis- Austr. Mus. (" End^ 

 land, 14-16 fms. 



1 (mt ,, ). About 20 miles N.E. of Bust.ird Head l.iglu, ,, 



Queensland, 20-21 fms. 



.\Ki) 1 from (Uicensland (.\ustr. Mus. " ICndeavour "). 



fins with 



