FLATFISH i;S (HICTI^ROSOMATA) 



liiiopselta pnehtngii (pari), Si-wi'll, mi.-, Kim , IirI. Mus.. vii, p. k, 

 Boopsetia maculosa, W't-bor, it)i3, " Siboga "-lixpcd., i'"isclie, p. 

 Pacilopsella maculmit. Wcbcr and Beaufort, Kljy, Fish. Indo-Ai 



4 3-I. 

 istral. Ari 



p. IJ7, lig. ii. 



Close to /'. colorata. but depth of body 2| to 3 in the length, length of head 3J 

 to 4. ICyes nearly contiguous. Length of maxillary 3I to 3J (young) or yl to 35 

 (adults) in that of head. Dorsal 59-65 : origin above posterior part of eye. Anal 

 50-54. Pectoral with 8 to 10 rays, all simple ; length of tin of blind side about 2 in 

 that of head. Yellowish brown, with some darker blotches ; median fins brownish, 

 with paler margins ; pectoral brown, with blackish extremity ; blind side whitish, 

 with traces of black spots ; young coloured as in P. colorata. 



Type. — Indian Museum, No. F. 61 /i. 



Distribution. — Bay of Bengal ; Andaman Sea ; Tiinur Sea : 120 to 250 fathoms 



Specimens Examinkd : 



(■H 



Bav of Bengal. 



Andaman Sea (n i;' N.. ')V 



l.Si fnis. 



Also 7 from the Bay of Bengal and the .\nd.iman Se.i. incluilmg the hr>l()tyiie 

 of the species and that of Boopsetta umbriiiuin (Iml Mus ) 



This species, which has an almost exactly similar ilistribution, may pro\e to be 

 identical witli /'. cnloiata. 



l'(];ClLOPSKTTA I'LINTHUS (Jordan and Starks) 



Almpi phnlhus. Jordan and St.irk- 



Jordan and Starks, 1906, Proc. 



Akad. Wiss., Suppl. iv, Abh. 1. 



xxxiii (I), p. 323, fig- 272. 

 Pacilopsflla plmlkus, Hubbs. 1915. 



Soc. Washington, xxxii, p. 163 ; 



• •4. liiill, i:.S. Cc 



X.Lt Mus., XXXl 



r,S. \,it. Mu 

 man, 1931, Tn 



ni. 1-ish., xxil, (lyo::), p. IJJ3, pi. v, hg. j ; 

 p. 199, hg- t.3 ; Franz, 1910, Abh. Bayer. 

 d<a and Snyder, 1913, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo, 



Depth of body 2j to 2^ in the length, length of head 4! to 4^ Snout much shorter 

 than eye, diameter of which is about 3} in length of head ; eyes separated by a narrow . 

 naked ridge, the lower scarcely in advance of upper, which enters dorsal profile of 

 head. Maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye, length 3J to jf, in that of 

 head; lower jaw i\ in head. 'I'ecth in r.itlicr narrow hands. 10 or 11 gill-rakers 



