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82. PSEUDORHOMBUS SCAPHUS. Forst. CM. 



Brm. 

 D. 110; A. 93; L. Lat., 85. 



Length equal to four and three fourths the length of the head, or two 

 and three-fourths the height of the body ; lower jaw prominent ; teeth 

 rather large, conical, pointed, the lateral ones of the upper jaw the 

 shortest ; intei-orbital ridge very narrow, naked ; left or lower eye rather 

 in advance of the upper ; dorsal commences before the eye ; scales 

 ctenoid, those on the cheeks smaller ; curve of the lateral line flat above ; 

 the greatest depth between the anal fin and the lateral line is rather less 

 than the length of the head. 



Coloration uniform, brownish above, white below. 



Wellington Harbour. 



I have never seen Forster's drawing or description, but from the 

 remarks made by Gray and Richardson, when describing Bhomhus 

 plebeius (Dieff., N.Z., II, p. 222), I think there is veiy little doubt but 

 that tliis is the fish that Forster described. 



Rhombosolea. 



Eyes on the right side, the lower in advance of the u^iper ; mouth 

 unsymmetrical ; the length of the left maxillary less than one-third of that 

 of the head ; teeth on the blind side only, where they form villiform 

 bands ; dorsal commencing on the foremost part of the snout ; only one 

 ventral, wliich is continuous with the anal ; scales small, cycloid ; 

 lateral line stright ; gUl membranes broadly united below the throat. 



Australia, Tasmania. 



83. RHOMBOSOLEA MONOPUS. Gunth, CM. 



Flounder. Patiki. 



Rhortibibs 2)lehems, Rich., Dieff., N.Z., II., 222. Rhombosolea monoims, 

 Giinth., IV., 459. R. monopus et tapirina, Cat. Col. Mus. 



B. 5 ; D. 59 - 61 ; A. 42 - 44 ; V. 6. 



Length three and two-thirds that of the head, or one and four-fifths 

 the height of the body. 



Olivaceous brown, with reddish tints on the head and fins ; below 

 greyish white. 



Vei-y common all round the coasts ; Australia. 



