FLATFISHES (HKTEROSOMATA) 



Synopsis of thk Spkcies. 

 IVlvic of ocular side with 7 rays. 



A- Pectorals subcqual, that of blind side pointed ; dorsal 75-86 1. roslrdlus. 



B. Pectoral of blind side much shorter, rounded, a Heshy tubercle at tip 



of first ray : dorsal 69 ....... 2. brcvipinnis. 



Pelvic of ocular side with 10 to 13 rays. 



A. Depth i| to 2 in length ; pectoral of blind side with a fleshy tubercle at 



tip of first ray. 



1. Maxillary not reaching anterior edge of eye ; 78 scales in lateral line 3. tudori. 



2. Maxillary extending to beyond anterior edge of eye ; 66 scales in lateral 



line . . . . . . . . . ■4- macrolepis. 



li Depth 2\ to 2), in length ; pectoral of blind side normal ; 88 to 92 scales 



in lateral line ......... 5. elongaius. 



I, A.MMOTKETIS F<OSTRATUS, Gunther. 



[LoNG-SNOUTED FLOUNDER.] 



AmniftrctK rnslrntiis, (liinther, 1S6:;, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 458: Steindachner. 1S80, SitzHcr. .Akatl. 

 Wiss. Wien, l.\xx (i), p. 171 ; Klunzingcr, 18S0, lorn, cit., p. 407 ; Macleay, 1882, Proc. Finn. 

 Soc. N.S.W., vi, p. 128 ; Waitc, 1899, .Mem. Aust. Mus., iv, p. 123 ; Stead, 1908, Edible Fish. 

 X.S.W., p. 103. pi. Ixx ; McCulloch, IQ14. Biol. Res. " Endeavour ", ii, p. 121 ; Waite. 1921, 

 Rec. S. .-^ust. Mus., ii, p. 158, fig. 259 ; McCulloch, 1921, Aust. Zool., ii, p. 36, pi. xiii ; Waitc, 

 1923, Fishes S. Austral., p. 182, fig. ; Norman, 1926, Biol. Res. " Endeavour ", v, p. 267 ; 

 McCulloch, 1929, Mem. -Aust. Mus., v, p. 280; Whitley, 1932, Rec. Aust. Mus., xviii, p. 345. 



lihombnsolea tapirina (part), GUnther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 459. 



Ammntretis rnstraius \'e\ adspersus, Kner, 1869, Reise " Novara ", Zool. i, 5, Fische, p. 286, pi. xiii, 

 Steindachner, 1883, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxxviii (i), p. 



Khombosolea hansensis, Castelnau, 1872, Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, i, p. 167 ; Macleay 



Finn. Soc. M.S.W., vi. p. 132. 

 Sotca uncinata. Klunzinger, 1880, SitzBer. .■^kad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxx (i), p. 408. 

 Ammolrelts zonatus, Macleay, 1883, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.. vii. p. 367. 

 .4 »i>iio(M-(is macleayi, Ogilby, 1886, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., x, p. 122. 

 Ammotrehs adspersus, Ogilbv, 1887, Cat. Fish. N.S. Wales, p. 32. 

 Ammotretis ovalis, Saville-Kent, 1889, Prelim. Rep. Food-fish. Old., 



(ireat Barrier Reef, p. 370 [N. N.]. 

 Pellorhamphus basitnm, Waite, 1906, Rec. .^ust. Mus., vi, p. 198, pi. 



82, Proc 



Saville-Kent, 1893. 



