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Synaptura comynersoniana, Ivacep. 



F 2328. Off Burmese (x\rakan) Coast, 17th November, 1908. I,ength, 23-4 cms. 

 " Golden Crown." 



Synaphira altipinnis, Alcock. 



A specimen of this species was taken by the "Golden Crown" off the Ganjam 

 Coast in from 24—30 fathoms. Alcock 's type was recorded from the Vizagapatam 

 Coast from similar depths (25 fathoms). 



F 2472. Ganjam Coast, 24—30 fathoms, February, 1909. I^ength, iS'O cms. 

 ' ' Golden Crown . ' ' 



Synaphira orientalis, Bloch and Schneid. 



^ ^-i--, Quilou, Trivandrum Museum, R. vS. N. Pillay coll. 

 F 4116^ Trivandrum ,, ,, . 



Synaptiirc cornnta (Kaup). 



A specimen of this species occurs in the collection. It had been labelled provi- 

 sionally " Synaptura qitagga" There can, however, be no doubt, from the cycloid 

 scales and the first dorsal ray being thickened and prolonged, that the specimen 

 belongs to this species. 



Length. 



F ^j-, Off Malabar Coast, 68 fathoms. Marine Survey . . i2'6 cms. 



Plagusia, Cuvier. 



The genus Plagnsia appears to be an inshore genus At any rate, it is far 

 commoner on Puri beach than in the "Cxolden Crown" hauls. P. hilincafa was 

 occasionally taken on the "Golden Crown." Both species are represented in the 

 collection. 



Plagusia bilineata, Bloch. 



Length . 

 F 3431, Ganjam Coast, " (xolden Crown." March, 1909. . 197 cms. 



F343I'', „ „ ,, ■■ i6-2 ,, 



Plagnsia marmorata , Bleeker. 

 F ^\^-, young specimen, Puri beach, Dr. Annandale. 



Aphoristia, Kaup. 



There is one damaged Pleuronectid in the collection which is referable to the 

 above genus. In this specimen the head is badly damaged, and it is not possible to 

 determine the extension of the mouth-cleft with reference to the eyes. Both sides of 

 the body are coloured, and there are no cross-bands, consequently the species is 

 either Aphoristia zeood-musoni , Alcock, or Aphoristia gilesii , Alcock The fact that 



