410 



FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



(i8 to 78 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 64-68 ; anterior rays simple, more or less 

 free from membrane distally ; highest rays about J length of head. Anal 50-52. 

 Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 12 rays (about 7 branched), length if to 1 1 in that 

 of head. Anterior ray of pelvic of ocular side inserted just behind angle of lower jaw. 

 Caudal with 16 rays (12 branched), rounded. Pale brownish, faintly spotted and 

 marbled with darker ; traces of 4 dark brown ocelli, edged with whitish, one 

 immediately below middle of .straight portion of lateral line, a similar but less well- 

 defined ocellus above its anterior part, and two smaller ocelli, one above curve of 

 lateral line and another below pectoral ; dorsal and anal fins spotted with brown 

 and white. 



Fig. 303 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist 

 Distribution. — Not known 

 Specimens Examined : 

 4 (65-90 mm.). Types.' 



ucdlatus. B.M. (N.H.) | 

 Reg. No. [221 



Genus 38. AZYCOPUS. 



Azygopu':, No 



2f}l [AzYfofii-. piKttifascmtui, No 



Body rather elongate, compressed. Eyes on the right side, nearly contiguous, 

 the upper rather close to edge of head ; parts of .snout and whole of upper surfaces 

 of eve-balls densely scaled ; nasal organ of blind side nearer median line of head than 

 that of ocular side : olfactory lamina> in moderate number, radiating from a fairly 

 long central rachis. Mouth rather small, subsymmetrical ; teeth small, movable, 

 pointed, not enlarged anteriorly, in bands in the jaws ; almost entirely confined 

 to blind side ; vomer toothless. Gill-rakers short, in moderate number ; lower 

 phary'ngeals moderately broad, curved, approximated anteriorly, each with 3 or 4 

 irregular rows of teeth : branchial septum entire. Dorsal fin commencing above 

 nostrils of blind side and just in front of eye ; most of the rays simple, not scaled ; 

 a low scaled sheath covering basal part of fin on ocular side. Anal similar to dorsal ; 

 tip of first interheemal spine not projecting in front of fin. Pectoral fins unequal, 



' The largest is selected as the holotypp. 



