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beautiful objects for the microscope. (An illustration of one 
of these will be found on page 12 of my “ Fishes of Australia.’’) 
The eyes are on the right side. 
The normal colors of this fine food-fish are as follows :— 
The blind side is whitish or yellowish-white. The upper side 
is of a rich olive-brown, mottled over with large, irregular, 
darker blotches. There is a very great amount of variation 
in the colors and their arrangement according to the situa- 
tion, and I have seen “ Black’”’ Soles taken on clean sandy 
ground which were of a light fawn color. 
Zebra Sole (Synaptura zebra). 
Rarely met with, and at present of no importance. It 
is of a yellowish ground color, with a number (about eleven) 
of brown zebra-like broad cross-bands. 
The eyes are on the right side. 
Many-banded Sole (Synaptura fasciata). 
This flat-fish was described in 1882 by Sir William Macleay 
from a single small example measuring 5 inches, trawled.in 
the waters of Port Jackson on the occasion before referred 
to. Since then it has been captured occasionally in the same 
harbor in moderately deep water and up to a iength of 
about 8 inches. It is probable that the species is to be found 
usually in fairly deep water at sea. In support of this idea, 
I might mention that a single specimen was taken in the 
trawl at a depth of 28 fathoms by the “ Thetis,” in 1808. 
The eyes are on the right side. 
The color isa pale brown, with about twenty dark, narrow 
cross-bars, about equidistant from one another, distributed 
over the head and body. 
Tongue-Fish (Symphurus unicolor). 
Pirate LXXIV. 
Thougn not at present of special importance, the Tongue- 
Fish is quite common on sandy bottoms at shallow depths 
along the coast of New South Wales, where it attains a length 
of about 13 inches. In form it is that of a very long oval, 
