14. PSEUDORHOMBUS. 427 



caudal). Greenish, with several brown cloud-like spots ; two black 

 ocelli edged with white on the straight portion of the lateral line. 



Ganges, 



A coloured drawing of this fish, 31 lines long, is in the Collection 

 of Drawings presented by General Hardwicke to the British Museum. 



6. Fseadorhombns ciimamomeas. 



Rhombus cinnamomeus, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 180. tab. 93 ; 

 Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. ill. Japan, p. 25, 



D. 81-85. A. 64-65, L. lat, 80. 



The dorsal fin commences in front of the eye. The height of the 

 body is contained twice and two-fifths in the total length (with the 

 caudal), the length of the head five times. Eyes very close together. 

 Scales ciliated. Lateral line with a strong curve anteriorly. The 

 length' of the maxiUary is nearly two-fifths of that of the head ; 

 lower jaw with about fifteen teeth on the left side, and with about 

 thirty-five on the right. The left pectoral fin is longer than the right, 

 which is half as long as the head. Yellowish, clouded with darker, 

 and with numerous small bluish-white spots ; a large brown spot on 

 the lateral line, immediately behind the extremity of the pectoral. 



Nagasaki, 



7. Pseudorhombus javanicus. 

 Rhombus javanicus, Bleek. Batav. p, 502. 



D, 69-74, A, 51-56. L. lat. 75. 



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fourths to 

 twicQ and one-fourth in the total length (without caudal), the length 

 of the head four times ; eyes very close together, the lower scarcely 

 in advance of the upper. The length of the maxiUary is two-fifths 

 of that of the head. Canine or canine-like teeth none : in the upper 

 jaw the anterior teeth are of moderate size, the posterior very smaU 

 and numerous ; the lower jaw with sixteen to twenty teeth on each 

 side. Lateral line with a strong curve anteriorly. The dorsal fin 

 commences before the upper eye. The length of the pectoral is con- 

 tained once and a third in that of the head, that of the caudal six 

 times in the total. Yellowish- olive, with scattered green dots and 

 ocelli ; dorsal and anal edged with yeUow. 



Java, 



a. Half-grown, From Dr, P. v, Bleeker's Collection. 



8. Pseudorhombus multimaculatus. 



D, 71. A. 55. L, lat. 78. 



The height of the body is contained once and three-feurths to 

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

 of the head thrice and a half to thrice and two-thirds. Scales ciliated. 

 Eyes very close together, separated only by an elevated naked ridge. 

 Snout with the jaws equal anteriorly, very short, as long as the eye. 



