FISHES. — MCCULLOCH. 131 



PSEUDOTUIOMBUS MULTIMACULATUS, Giinther. 



(Plate xxiv.) 



Pseudorhombus multimaculatus, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., 

 iv., 1862, p. 427. Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, vi., 1881, p, 125. Id., Ogilby, Ed. Fish. N.S. 

 Wales, 1893, p. 157, pi. xxxviii. 



Paralichthys novce-cambrice, Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, xxiii., 1898, p. 296. Id., Waite, Mem. Austr. 

 Mus., iv., pt. 1, 1899, p. 120, fig. 9. 



Pseudorhovibus novce-cambri<e, Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld., 

 xxi., 1908, p. 25, and Mem. Qld. Mus,, i., 1912, pp. 43, 

 45. 



D. 68-71; A. 51-56; P. dex. 1+9-1 + 11; P. sin. 1 + 10- 

 1+11; V. 6; C, 15+2; L. lat., to hypural, 66-73. Depth 

 1.7-1.8, head 3.4-3.9 in the length to the hypural. Dorsal pro- 

 file notched on the snout, usually only a narrow space between it 

 and the eye. Dorsal commencing on the lower side of the 

 snout, on a level with, or slightly before the front margin of the 

 eye. Eyes nearly on the same level, or the upper one slightly in 

 advance of the lower, 4§-5|- in the head. Teeth small, close to- 

 gether. Maxillary expanded behind, with a few small scales, 

 and reaching to below the hinder half or almost to the hinder 

 border of the eye. Gill-rakers short and broad, once to twice as 

 long as broad. Scales ctenoid above, cycloid below. 



The small-toothed flounder of New South Wales was originally 

 identified as P. multimaculatus, Giinther, but Ogilby later 

 separated it as a distinct species, P. novre-cambritv. He pointed 

 out a number of differences between the two, most of which 

 appear to me to be variable. My specimens scarcely differ from 

 Gunther's description, though the tail is always more or less 

 angular instead of rounded, and longer than described, while the 

 gill-rakers are never half as long as the eye. Mr. C. Tate 

 Regan, however, has very kindly compared specimens I sent him 

 from near Sydney with the types of P. mtdtimaculatus, and 

 informs me he has no doubt they are that species. 



Locs. — The above definition was drawn up from five specimens 

 from New South Wales, 202-338 mm, long ; another from 

 Moreton Bay, and one from Fremantle do not differ from the 

 local examples. 



