1910. | J. T. Jenkins: Fish from India and Persia. 133 
Solea sindensts, sp. nov. 
DayO-oNecte ke. Oo, A: 50, Mysherze 
Length of head 6 times, height of body 2°8 times, in total 
length, inclusive of caudal fin. Eyes about } diameter apart; 
diameter 42 times in length of head; lower eye 14 diameters from 
end of snout. Nasal opening on coloured side immediately in front 
of lower eye, not situated on a papilla; that on blind side circular. 
Scales ctenoid on both sides of body. Pectoral fin on coloured 
side with a black blotch on its outer third. Numerous short 
tentacles on anterior portion of head on blind side. 
Colour.—Dark brown on coloured side with dark spots scat- 
tered over head, body and fins. 
The genus Solea has, so far as I am aware, only once been 
recorded from the north-eastern part of the Arabian Sea. A speci- 
men was obtained by the ‘‘Investigator’’ off the Kattiawar 
coast at a depth of 82 fathoms. This specimen is referred to a 
species described as Solea umbralitis by Alcock,' but is figured in 
the same paper and also in the J/lustrations of the Zoology of the 
Investigator * as Solea umbratilis. The first name is so obviously 
due to a printer’s error that one naturally refers to the species 
as umbratilis. 
The species described above was obtained from Karachi market 
and is therefore certainly a shallow water form; it comes nearest 
to S. ovata, whereas S. umbratilis is a deep-sea form. 
Synopsis of the Indian species of Solea. 
A. Both pectorals present. 
a. Height of body less than 3 in total 
length. 
(1) Height of body 2# in total length. 
Bo 7001.1) 120 S.- sindensts, 
(2) Height of body 2} in total length. 
D2 60-66. a. cKO /- S. ovata. 
6b. Height of body 3 or more’ in foral 
length. 
(1) Long tubular nostril. Body irre- 
gularly banded... .. S. heterorhina. 
(2) Short tubular nostril. Body with 
black blotches ud .. 5. elongata. 
B. Pectoral wanting on left (blind) side .. S. indica. 
C. No pectorals. 
a. Tess than 85 rays in dorsal fin. 
(eo: 470, A> 50; Numerous large 
black blotches on coloured side S. umbratilis. 
(2) 3D.-77, 28. 54. Coloured side yey 
dark olive. : ee 5. cvaned, 
1 Journ. As. Soe. ‘Bene., vol. ‘Isiii, pt. 2, 1894, Pp. 131, pl. vil, fig. 3: 
2 Fishes, pl. Xv, fig. 4. 
