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the anal fin commences a little way behind the ventral and not closely adjacent to it 

 leads me to place this specimen in the former species, which has previously been 

 recorded from the Andaman Sea.' 



Aphoristia wood-mason i , Alcock. 



F -\--, Station 332, Indian Marine Survey, 279 fathoms. 

 Lat. N. 10° 21'. Long. E. 92° 46^'. 



Cynoglossus, Ham. Buch. 



At least three species were obtained on the "Golden Crown" and of these 

 Cynoglossus macvolepidotiis was by far the commonest, this species being the commer- 

 cial " sole ' ' of the "Golden Crown." 



Cynoglossus macrolepidotus , Bleeker. 



F 3648, Off Pilot Ship, Eastern Channel, mouth of Hughh, Length. 



Feb., 1909 . . . . .. . . 31-5 cms. 



F 3445, Off Puri, Orissa Coast, September, 1908 . . 23-0 ,, 



F3445«, „ ,, „ ., .. 23-0 ,, 



Cynoglossus seniifasciatiis, Day. 

 F 3437, Puri Coast, "Golden Crown," March, 1909 .. Length, 11-4 cms. 



Cynoglossus quadrilineatiis, Bleeker. 



F 3444, Elephant Pt., Arakan Coast, " Golden Crown," 



July, 1908 .. .. ., Length, 267 cms. 



Cynoglossus piincticeps, Richardson. 

 F "^^--j Trivandrum, Trivandrum Museum. 



Cynoglossus lida, Bleeker. 



There are two specimens in the collection from the Trivandrum Museum which 

 more nearly resemble this species than any other. The number of rows of scales 

 between the lateral lines on the coloured side is slightly higher than that given by 

 Day as characteristic for the species, being from 16 to 17 instead of 13. In other 

 respects the resemblance is very close. One of the specimens (F -\--) has the coloured 

 side marked with blackish dots. There is, however, a great amount of colour 



See Alcock, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. Iviii, part ii, No. 3, 1889, p. 294. 



