EDIBLE EISHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 155 



PSEUDORHOMBrS ARSIUS. 



Pleuroneetes arshis, Ham. Bucli. Pish. Ganges, p. 128, 1822. 



Platessa russelUi, Grav. Illustr. Ind. Zool. pi. — f. 2 ; Cautor, Catal. Malac. 

 Fish. p. 214. 



Bhomhus lentiglnosus, Eichards. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 495 ; Bleek. 

 Pleuronect. p. 15. 



Platessa chri/soptera, Eichards. Ichthyol. China, p. 278. 



Platessa halteata, Eichards. Ichthyol. China, p. 278. 



RJiomhus arsius. Bleek. Beng. en Hind. p. 70. 



^ Bhoinbus polyspilus, Bleek. Batav. p. 203. 



Pseudorliombus russellu, Gnth. Catal. Pish. iv. p. 424 ; Kner, Yoy. Novara, 

 Pisch. p. 283 ; Day, Pish. Malab. p. 172 ; Bleek. Atl. Iclithyol. Pleu- 

 ronect. p. 6, pi. ccxxxiii. f. 2; Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 ii. p. 362, a7id Catal. Austr. Pish. ii. p. 124 ; Casteln. Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. Wales, iii. p. 391 ; Woods, Pisher. N. S. Wales, p. 76, pi. xxxiii. 



Pseiidorhomhus arsius, Gnth. Catal. Pish. iv. p. 426 ; Day. Pish. Ind. p. 423, 

 pi. cxi. f. 5. 



.'' Pseiulorhombus poli^spilus, Bleek. Atl. Ichthyol. Pleuronect. p. 7. pi. 

 ccxxxvii. f . 3 ; Klunzing. SB. AK. Wien, 1879, p. 406. 



Teratorliomhus excisiceps^ Macleay, Catal. Austr. Pish. ii. p. 126. 



Large-toothed Flounder. 



B. vii. D. 73-78. A. 55-60. V. 6. P. 11-12. C. 15. L. lat. 73-80. L. tr. 37/24- 



27. Ccec. pyl. 4. A'ert. 9/28. 



Length of head 4-33-4-50, height of body 2-33-2-50 in the total length. 

 Eyes large, the upper slightly in advance of the lower, which is situated 

 above the angle of the mouth, and wiiose diameter is 4"66-5'00 in the length 

 of the head, and 100-1 '20 in that of the snout: interorbital space reduced 

 to a narrow elevated bony ridge. JSostrils simple ; the anterior sinistral 

 nostril small and oval, separated by a considerable space from the posterior, 

 which is situated in front of the interorbital ridge, and on a lower level than 

 the anterior ; dextral orifice single, round. .Jaws equal. Cleft of mouth 

 oblique, the maxilla reaching to beneath the hind margin of the orbit or not 

 quite so far, its length from 2"10-2"33 in that of the head. Upper jaw with 

 from three to five strong conical pointed teeth anteriorly, and a single series 

 of about twenty smaller teeth laterally ; lower jaw with six strong teeth on 

 the colored, and nine to eleven on the blind side, the two anterior pairs being 

 the largest. The dorsal fin commences above the anterior margin of the 

 upper eye; the longest rays are between the fiftieth and sixtieth, their 

 length being from 2'25-2'50 in that of the head : ventral fins of equal 

 size, separated from the anal by an interspace which almost equals their 

 own length, which is from 2'66-3'00 in that of the head : the anal commences 

 beneath the base of the pectoral : pectorals well developed, reaching to 

 beyond the curve of the lateral line, the length of the left one 1'50-1"66 in 

 that of the head : caudal cuneiform, the least height of its pedicle 4"50 in 

 the height of the body. Scales on the colored side ctenid, on the blind 

 side eyelid : head scaly, with the exception of the snout, preorbital, 

 maxilla, and interorbital space ; a row of small scales between each pair 

 of fin rays. Lateral line arched above the pectoral fins, the height of 

 the arch 2 '75 in its length ; it is continued forwards by a double branch on 



