402 PLEtTBONECTID.^. 



on the nape of the neck ; most of the rays of the dorsal and anal are 

 branched. Scales rather small, ciliated. Gill-membranes scarcely 

 united at the throat ; gill-rakers proper none, replaced by groups of 

 minute spines. 



Indian Seas. ? West coast of Africa. 



1. Psettodes erumei. 



Pleuronectes erumei, Bl. Schn. p. 150. 



Adalah, Hussell, i. p. 54. pi. 69. 



Nooree nalakah, Russdl, i. p. 60. pi. 77. 



Hippoglossus erumei, Cuv. It^gtieAnhn. ; Riipp. Atl.Fische, p. 121, and 



N. W. Fische, p. 84 ; Cmit. Catal. p. 210 ; BUek. Verh. Batav. Ge- 



nootsch. xxiv. Plenron. p. 13. 



nalaka, Cuv. Regne Anim. 



dentex, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Fish. p. 102. pi. 47. 



orthorhynchus, Richards. Ichth. Chm. p. 278. 



? Psettodes belcheri, Be7m. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 147. 



D. 47-53. A. 35-41. L. lat. 75. 



The lateral line descends gradually from the shoulder to its 

 straight portion, which commences behind the extremity of the pec- 

 toral. Brownish or blackish ; dorsal and anal edged with white ; 

 caudal generally with a broad whitish band across its base. Young 

 individuals sometimes with four broad dark-brown cross- bands. 



From the Red Sea, through all the Indian Seas, to the coasts of 

 China. ? West coast of Africa. 



a. Eyes on the left side. 



a. Adult : stuffed. 



b. HaK-grown. Singapore. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 



c. Half-grown : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



d. Half-grown : bad state. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



jS. Eyes on the right side. 



e. Fine specimen. China. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 

 /. Young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



g. Half-grown : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 h. Advdt. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



y. Furiety with cross-hands; eyes on the left side, 

 i. Half-grown : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



2. HIPPOGLOSSUS. 



Hippoglossus, sp., Cuv. Regne Atiini. 



Eyes on the right side ; mouth wide, the length of the maxillary 

 being one-third, or not much more than one-third, of that of the head. 

 Teeth in the upper jaw in a double series ; the anterior of the upper 

 jaw and the lateral of the lower strong ; palatine and vomerine teeth 



