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angle between the eye and the lip ; nostrils of blind side tubular, widely separated, 

 the anterior opening near the edge of the snout, the posterior behind the vertical 

 from the angle of the mouth. Eyes of equal size and ovate, their horizontal 

 diameter 1-65 to 2 in the length of the snout, 6-25 to 6-6 in that of the head, and 

 from two thirds to one diameter more than the_ interorbital Avidth. Width of 

 gill-opening 145 to 1-55 in the length of the head. 



Scales of body and head vStrongly ctenoid on l)oth sides, the marginal teeth 

 from 6 to 10 in number. Snout and lips of both sides and a Avide stripe between 

 the lower jaw and the gill-opening of the blind side naked, the edges and all the 

 naked area of the latter closely covered with short cirri, a series of which is 

 continued to the apex of the gill-opening, the edge of which on the colored side is 

 acirrate. A single median lateral line on each side, extending from near the tip 

 of the caudal fin to the preopercular region, where it bends upwards and slightly 

 forwards. Bodv-tubes of lateral line 90 to 100; transverse series of scales 32 or 

 33 / 33 to 35. 



Dorsal fin with 62 to 66, anal with -tS to 52 rays, the former originating a 

 little above the level of the upper eye; the highest are inserted in the third 

 (iuarter of each fin and are from two thirds to four sevenths of the length of 

 the head ; those of the anal are slightly the lower. Caudal fin variously rounded, 

 its length 5 to 6 in that of the body.^^ Ventrals originating on the same level, 

 5-rayed, the right about one fifth longer but slightly lower than the left, its 

 5th ray short, united to the anal by its basal two thirds ; last ray of left ventral 

 much longer and free. 



Lavender gvay, with from 32 to 36 narroAv brown cross-bars, which are 

 usually rather wider than the interspaces, and of which 6 or 7 are on the head 

 and 1 or 2 on the base of the caudal fin ; these bars are very irregular in shape, 

 the anterior ones often having a slight backward arch, those about the middle 

 of the body straight or undulous and often forked, and the posterior ones arched 

 forwards; membranous part of all the fins darker than the rays. (Named after 

 Sir William John Maeleay, in recognition of his valuable services to Australian 

 biology.) 



Described from three examples, measuring 192, 168, and 154 millim., 

 taken respectively off Point Lookout and Low Bluff and in Moreton Bay. The 

 largest and smallest were kindly lent to me by the officers of the Amateur 

 Fishermen's Association. 



Historical: — During the year 1880 the Trustees of the Australian Museum 

 purchased a small otter trawl for use in Port Jackson and, the Government of 

 the day having placed the steam launch "Mabel" at their disposal, Saturday 

 afternoons were for several years devoted to the exploration of Sydney Harbor, 

 its inlets, and its affluent, an enterprise which largely contributed to our 

 knowledge of the marine fauna of that area. This handsome sole was one of the 

 earliest products of the venture, having been "taken in the net at Manly [inner] 

 Beach, September 11th, 1880, with Solca microccphala,'^ as recorded by Dr. 

 Ramsay. In the following year the same author received a small sole (76 millim.) 



^^ In two of my examples the caudal fin is short and broadly roimded as shown in Waite's 

 figure, the exact proportional measurements being as 1 — 5-98 and 1 — ^6-06 ; in the other it is 

 longer and more sharply rounded, with a measurement of 1 — 4-94. None of my specimens are 

 in spawn, so that I am finable to determine whether the character is sexual or individual, and 

 Waite unfortunately does not inention the sex of the specimen figured. 



