l-l.Air]SHI-:S (HHTHKOSOMATA) 



5. I'AKAHorurS' .MAI.UHNSIS (Regan) 



oglossus tnalhfii^is, Regan, iqoS, Trans. I. inn. Sor. Londnn, Zool., xii, | 

 1927, Rec. Ind. Mus., xxix, p. ::i. 



-3.'^. Pl- 



Depth of body about 3 in the length, length of head 4 Upper profile of head 

 a little concave in front of eyes. Diameter of eye 4 in length of head and about 

 tj times the interorbital width. Maxillary extending nearly to below middle of 

 eye, length 2 J in that of head. Teeth of upper jaw rather small and close-set laterally, 

 some enlarged canines anteriorly ; lateral teeth of lower jaw much stronger and wider 

 apart than those of upper. 1 1 rather slender gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales apparently all cycloid: 06 in lateral line. Dorsal 113. Anal 92. 

 Pectoral of ocular side with 13 rays, length more than i that of head. Uniformly 

 yellowish. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 1Q08.3. 23 . 147. 



Distribution. — Saya de Malha Bank, Indian Ocean. 



Specimen Examined : 



I (^, 175 mm.). Holotypi-. S.iy.i dc Malha H.ink, ..vii 1 23 fms. (.ardmcr. 



The generic position of this species is uncertain, but, pending the discovery of 

 further specimens, it may be provisionally placed here. 



Genus 29. GRAMMATOBOTHUS. 



nmatobnthus 

 Blccker]. 



p. :^5 3 [Platophryi pnh'ophthaUi 



Very close to Bothiis. Olfactory lamins' few or in moderate number, radiating 

 from a rather short central rachis. Interorbital region narrow, concave, similar in 

 both sexes. Teeth uniserial in both jaws, scarcely enlarged anteriorly. Scaling of 

 head and body more or less continuous between lateral line and upper angle of gill- 

 opening. Anterior rays of dorsal fin somewhat prolonged in both sexes. Scales 

 small, ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on bhnd side. Lateral line equally developed 

 on both sides of body. 



Three species from the Indo-Pacific. 



