Fishes from Lcujot^. 129 



32. Psettodes erumei, Sclmeid. 



An Indian and West-African species not yet recorL^ed 

 from South Africa. 



i33. Hemirhomhus guineensis, Bleek. 



34. Solea chirophthalmus, sp. n. 



Depth of body 2| to 2^ in the length, length of head 

 about 4^. Upper eye somewhat in advance of lower ; 

 diameter equal to or less than length of snout, 5 or 6 in 

 length of head and about twice interocular vvidtli. Maxillary 

 extending to below posterior ^ of eye. No dilated nostril on 

 blind side. (J5 to 72 scales in a longitudinal series. Dorsal 

 69-77. Anal 56-60. Caudal rounded, contiguous to dorsal 

 and anal. Right j)ectoral 9-rayed, neail)' ^ length of head ; 

 left pectoral 7- or 8-rayed, not more tiian ^ length of head. 

 Vertebra? 8 + 32. Gr^'yish, with traces of darker spots on 

 body, series of 5 or 6 near bases of dorsal and anal apparently 

 alternating with a series on lateral line; pectoral with a 

 blackish ocellus. 



Five specimens, 170-200 mm. in total length. 



35. Cynoglossus lagoensis^ sp. n. 



Depth of body 4 in the length, length of head 4i^ to 4|. 

 Interocular width | or f diameter of upper eye, which is 3 to 

 4 in length of snout and 10 to 12 in length of bead. Two 

 nostrils, the posterior midway between the anterior margins 

 of the eyes. Cleft of mouth extending behind lower eve. 

 Dorsal 120-126. Anal 95-98. Three lateral lines on left 

 side, one on right; 80 to 85 scales in a lateral series from 

 above gill-opening to base of caudal; 12 scales between 

 upper and middle lateral lines at their widest distance 

 apart. Brownish grey. 



Three specimens, 380 mm. in total length. 



Related to C. canariensis, Steind. (Denkschr. Akad. Wien, 

 xlv. 1882, p. 13, pi. ii. fig. 2), in which the cleft of the 

 mouth ends below the middle of the eye, the head is smaller, 

 the scales are more numerous, &c. 



36. Cynoglossus goreensis, Steind. 



37. Echeneis naucrates, Linn. 

 Temperate and tropical seas. 

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