23. soLEA. 471 



D. No pectoral fin at all. 



16. Solea japonica. 



Achirus japonicus, Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss, p. 186. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and a sixth in the total 

 length (with the caudal), the length of the head four times and a half. 

 The width of the interorbital space is one-half the diameter of the 

 orbit. The upper part of the snout hook-Uke. Ventrals contiguous 

 with the anal. Uniform brown ; fins spotted. (Schleg.) 



Japan. 



17. Solea hartzfeldil. 



Achirus hartzfeldil, Bleek. Amhoina, iii, p. 123. 



D. 94-101. A. 63-65. L. lat. 100. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (with the 

 caudal), the length of the head one-fifth ; the width of the inter- 

 orbital space is less than the diameter of the eye. The upper part 

 of the snout hook-like. Ventrals united with the base of the anal 

 fin. Brownish (in spirits) ; five or six black oceUi, dotted with white, 

 on, and nearly as many above and below, the lateral line ; head, 

 body and fins with scattered small black spots besides. 



Amboyna. 



a. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



U. The height of the body is more than two-fifths of the total length 

 (without caudal). 



A. Pectorals developed. 



18. Solea humilis. 



Solea humilis, Cant. Catal. Mai. Fish. p. 219. 



maculata, Bleek. Verhand. Bat. Genootsch. xxiv. Pleuron. p. 17. 



B. 6. D. 57. A. 42. L. lat. 95. 



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

 length (without caudal), the length of the head four times and a half. 

 The width of the interorbital space is nearly equal to that of the 

 orbit. Nostril on the blind side minute. The length of the pectoral 

 of the coloured side is rather more than one-half of that of the head. 

 Pale umber-brown, minutely dotted with black, and with numerous 

 small blackish spots ; an indistinct larger one close below the middle 

 of the base of the dorsal, and a second at the posterior third ; two 

 corresponding spots near the base of the anal ; near the point of the 

 pectoral an oval, and between the two lowest rays a linear black spot. 



Seas of Pinang, Java, and Bintang. 



a. Type of the species : skin. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 h. Adult. Pinang. From the Collection of the East India Com- 

 pany. — Named S. ovata, Cant. 

 c. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection, as Solea maculata, Blkr. 



