422 



FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



Closely related to A. rostratus. Depth of body twice in the length, length of head 

 3j. Diameter of eye 5 in length of head and 5 times interorbital width. Length of 

 maxillary on ocular side 4J, on blind side about 2} in that of head. Gill-rakers of 

 moderate size, q on lower part of anterior arch. Scales of ocular side ctenoid, those 

 of blind side cycloid anteriorly, ctenoid on posterior part of body ; 84 scales in lateral 

 line. Dorsal 6g. Anal 47. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 rays (7 branched), length 

 about A that of head ; pectoral of blind side much shorter, rounded, the first ray with 

 a fleshy tubercle at the tip. Cauda! peduncle 3J times as deep as long. Brownish, 

 with traces of small blackish dots. 



TvPK. — British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Reg. No. 1925. i. 26.1. 



Distribution. — South Australia. 



Specimen Examined : 



(s? 



I.). Holotvpe 



St. Vi 



rtl Gulf. 



S. Austr. Mu 



3. AJLMOTRETIS TUDORI, McCuUoch. 



■ Solia Uturalti, Richardson, 1S49, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, iii, p. i^b. 



Immotrt'tis Ittclort, McCulloch, 1914, Biol. Res. " Endeavour", ii, p. 124. pi. x.\ 

 Rec. S. Aust. Mus., 11, p. ijci, lis. 2hi : Waite, 1923, Fishes S. Austral., p. if 

 jg.'h, B.ol. Res. ■• l-:ndcav,.ur ■', v, p. 2-0 ; jMcCulloth, ig.'9, Mem. Aust. Mu 



Depth of body 1; in the length, length of head 4, Rostral hook rather broad and 

 flattened, extending downwards to below level of hinder end of maxillary of ocular 

 side. Anterior margins of eyes level ; diameter of eye 6^ in length of head, and a little 

 more than twice the interorbital width. Maxillary not reaching anterior edge of 

 eye, length on ocular side 5J, on blind side 3 in that of head ; lower jaw 35 in head ; 

 a row of fringed tentacles on lower lip of ocular side. Gill-rakers reduced to 2 or 3 

 minute tubercles on lower part of anterior arch. Scales of ocular side mostly ctenoid, 

 more strongly denticulated on posterior part of body, those of blind side nearly all 

 cycloid ; 78 scales in lateral line. Lateral line rising slightly above pectoral fin ; a 

 short supratemporal branch, reaching base of twelfth ray of dorsal fin. Dorsal 

 77 (82) ; highest rays about I as long as head. Anal 54 (58). Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 10 or 11 rays (7 branched), length twice in that of head : pectoral of blind 



