FLATFISHliS (HETEKOSOMATA) 



Skeats. 

 Hardenberg. 



Belcher. 

 Hardwicke. 



Also 6 specimens from off Ceylon and from the .Andaman Islands (Ind. .Mii 



SAMARIS ORNATUS, Von Bonde. 



S. Afr., ii, (1921), Spec. Rep. i, p. 13, 



uins ormitus. \'on Bonde. lO--;, Rep. Fish. .Mar. Bid. S 

 pi \i ; Barnard, 19-5, Ann. S. Afr. Mus., .\xi, p. 396. 



Perhaps identical with -S. crislatiis, but length of maxillary 3^ in that of head ; 

 about 80 scales in Literal line ; dorsal 86, anal 57 ; pectoral a little shorter than head. 

 Deep brown, with irregularly scattered black spots ; a row of 5 large blotches along 

 upper edge, 4 along lower edge of body, and 2 on lateral line : dorsal and anal fins 

 dusky, darker towards their edges ; anterior rays of dorsal white distally ; caudal 

 with small pale spots ; pectoral blackish ; both pelvics dusky, darker distally. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 1922.3.27.8. 



Distribution. — Natal, 33 fathoms. 



Specimen Examined : 



I (103 mm.). Holotype. Xatal, 33 fms. C.ilchnst. 



