162 
Cynoglossus acaudatus, n.sp. 
(Plate XLVI.) 
D. 102. A. 85. V. (left) 4. L. 1. 65-63. 
Depth of body 3, head a little less than 5 times in length of 
body, height of head greater than its length. Diameter of 
eye 7 times in head, upper slightly in advance of lower. They 
are contiguous, there being no interorbital space. The pos- 
terior margin of the lower slightly in front of the middle of the 
length of the head. Snout hooked ; a tubular nostril in front 
of lower eye. 
The dorsal begins about half way between the end of the 
snout and the vertical from anterior margin of upper eye. In 
the specimens procured the caudal rays were absent, and the 
space in which they would normally appear was occupied by a 
transparent membrane connecting the projecting rays of the 
dorsal and anal. 
Scales : ctenoid on both sides. Two lateral lines on the left 
side separated by Io rows of scales. The upper ends abruptly 
near the end of the second third of the length of the body. No 
lateral line could be detected on the blind side. 
Colour: Uniform brown. Examined with a lens, each 
scale is found to have a thin central horizontal line of dark 
colour, and many spots of a similar colour along the free margin. 
Near C. interruptus (Yokohama). 

Locality : 
| 
Procured. 
Refer- | | Depth, 
ence No. | Locality. fathoms 
By. No. 
= et - — 7 
11,769 | -Amatikulu River Mouth, N.W. by | Shrimp trawl. | 9 | 26-27 
by W. } W., 12 miles. 
17,765 Cape Point, E. by N. ?N., 34 miles Fe 2 \480-600 
| P y 


11,511B. | From mouth of large fish. Durban: | 

