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II. ARNOGLOSSUS ASPILOS (Bleeker). 



Khombui uspilos, Bleeker, 1851, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., i, p. 408 ; Bleeker, 1852, Verh. Batav. 



Gen., xxiv, Pleuron., p. 14. 

 Arnoglossus aspilus, Gunther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 417. 



Platophrys (Arnoglossus) aspilus, Bleeker, 1866-7;, Atl. Ichth., vi, p. 15, Pleuron. pi. vi, fig. 2. 

 Arnoglossus aspilos. Fowler, 1928, Mem. B. P. Bishop Mus., x, p. 89. 

 Bothus {Arnoglossus) aspilus, Weber and Beaufort, 1929, Fish. Indo-Austral. Arch., v, p. 132. 



Depth of body 2 J in the length, length of head 4. Diameter of eye 3 J to nearly 

 4 in length of head ; eyes separated by a narrow interspace, the lower a little in advance 

 of upper. Majdllary extending to below anterior part of eye, length 2| in that of 

 head ; lower jaw about twice in head. Teeth minute, rather close-set, not enlarged 

 anteriorly. 7 rather slender gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales ctenoid 



M. (N.H.) 1931.4.23.16. X ij. 



on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; 46 to 48 in lateral line. Dorsal 80 (84) ; all the 

 rays scaled, at least on ocular side, none prolonged. Anal 61-62 {64). Pectoral of 

 ocular side with 11 or 12 rays, length about 5 that of head. Uniformly brownish. 



Type. — Leiden Museum. 



Distribution. — Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Specimens Examined : 



I (75 mm.) 

 I (72 ,, ). 

 3 (68-72 mm.) 



Paratype. 



East Indies. 

 Cheribon, Java 

 Off Sumatra (i 



Bleeker Coll. 

 Hardenberg. 



12. ARNOGLOSSUS TENUIS, Giinther. 



Arnoglossus tenuis, Gunther, 1880, Shore Fishes "Challenger", p. 55; Jordan and Seale, 1905, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxix, p. 528 ; Jordan and Hubbs, 1925, Mem. Carnegie Mus., x, p. 295 ; 

 Wu, 1932, Thes. Facult. Sci. Univ. Paris, A. 244 (268), p. 89. 



Depth of body 2j to 2| in the length, length of head 4 to 4^. Snout about as long 

 as eye, diameter of which is about 4 in length of head ; eyes separated by a bony 

 ridge, the lower generally in advance of upper. Maxillar>- extending to below anterior 



