7. ARNOQLOSSUS. 417 



a pair of round blaftkisti spots posteriorly on the dorsal and anal 

 fins. 



Mediterranean. 



4. Arnoglossus aspilus. 



Rhombus asT^ilos, Bleek. Verhavd.Batav.Genootsch.xxxw. P^Mrow.p.l4, 

 or Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. 1. p. 408. 



B. 6. D. 80-82. A. 61-63. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is contained twice and a third in the total 

 length (without caudal), the length of the head nearly four times. 

 The width of the interorbital space is less than one-half of the dia- 

 meter of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head ; the 

 lower eye is in advance of the upper. Snout with the lower jaw 

 prominent. The length of the maxillary is two-fifths of that uf the 

 head. A portion of the humeral arch projects behind the ventral. 

 The dorsal and anal fins are continued on to the root of the caudal. 

 Unifonn brownish-grey. 



Java, Bali, Sumatra. 



a. Three inches long. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection, as Psa«/o- 

 rhombus aspilos. 



5. Arnoglossus grohmanni. 



Pleuronectes grohmanni, Bonap, Fumi. Ital. Pesce; Canestr. Arch. 

 Zool. i. p. 12. tav. 1. fig. 3. 



D. 80. A. 52. L. lat. ca 45. {Bonap.) 

 86-90. 60-67. (Canestr.) 



The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length (without 

 caudal). Scales deciduous. Lowerjaw slightly prominent; the length 

 of the maxiUary is rather less than one-third of that of the head. 

 Eyes ve^y close together, the lower in advance -of the upper. The 

 second dorsal ray is elongate. Brownish, clouded with darker ; fins 

 with brown spots. 



Mediterranean. 



6. Arnoglossus lophotes. 



D. 95. A. 77. L. lat. 60. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds to twice 

 and four-fifths in the total length (without caudal), the length of the 

 head four times and a half to four times and three-fourths. Scales 

 deciduous ; anterior curve of the lateral line subsemicircular. Snout 

 with the lowerjaw slightly prominent, an long as the eye, the diameter 

 of which is one-fifth of the length of the head. The length of the 

 maxillary is a little less than one-third of that of the head. Eyes 

 separated by a very narrow elevated ridge, the lower being in advance 

 of the upper. The four anterior dorsal rays are elongate, nearly as 

 long as the head. The dorsal fin commences in front of the upper 

 eye and terminates close by the caudal. Caudal fia somewhat shorter 



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