RHOMBOSOLEIN^ 



2. RHOMBOSOLEA PLEBEIA (Richardson). 

 [Sand Flounder ; New Zealand Flounder ; Tinplate.] 



Rhombus plebeius, Richardson [ex Solander MS.], 1843, 12 Rept. Brit. Assoc, (Manch. 1842), p. 27 ; 



Richardson, 1843, in Dieffenbach, Travels N. Zealand, ii, p. 222. 

 RhombosoUa monopus, Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 459 ; Hutton, 1872, Cat. Fish. N. Zealand, 



p. 51 ; Hector, 1872, torn, cit., p. 117, pi. i.x ; Steindachner, 1880, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 



ixxx (1), p. 170 ; Klunzinger, 1880, lorn, cit., p. 407 ; Macleay, 1882, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 



vi,p. 129. 

 > Bowenia nova-zeetandiiE, Haast, 1873, Trans. Proc. N.Z. Inst., v, p. 277, pi. xvi. 

 Rhombosolea plebeia, Gill, 1893, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. Washington, vi, p. 121 ; Waite, 191 1, Rec. 



Canterbury (N.Z.) Mus., i, p. 203, pi. XXXV ; Phillipps, 1921, N.Z. J. Sci. Tech., iv, p. 122; 



Waite, 1921, Rec. S. Aust. Mus., ii, p. 157, fig. 257 ; Norman, 1926, Biol. Res. " Endeavour ", 



V, p. 282. 

 Apsetta thompsoni, Kyle, 1900, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 986, figs. 



Eggs, LARViE and Young. 

 Anderton, 1907, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxix, p. 480, pi. xviii, figs. /, g, xix, ( 

 Anderton, 1921, Bull. N.Z. Board Sci. Art, ii, p. 84, figs. 



b ; Thomson and 



Fig. 315. — Rhombosolea plebi 



Depth of body i^ to i| in the length, length of head 3J to 4. Shape of body 

 distinctly rhomboidal ; upper profile of head straight or a little concave. Snout not 

 produced, as long as or a little longer than eye, diameter of which is 4 to 6^ in length 

 of head and 2j to 3J times interorbital width. Maxillary extending to below anterior 

 edge of eye or not quite as far, length on ocular side 3§ to 4, on blind side 3J to 3J in 

 that of head ; lower jaw 2 1 to 3 J in head. lo to 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch ; lower pharyngeals nearly 5 times as long as broad, their inner edges scarcely 

 angular, approximated for anterior i of their length ; teeth cylindrical, the tips 



