TKACII VNOTL^S.— n.KLKOMrTlD.K. 3 



tliird of eye. 9 or 10 gill-iakeis on lower i)art of anterior arcli. Dorsal 

 I+VI-YII 10-1^1. Anal II, I lG-17. Anterior rays of dorsal and 

 anal more or less produced into falciform lobes. Pectoral a little 

 shorter than head. Caudal deeply forked, longest rays 2.V to 3 times 

 in total lengtli, Silvery, back bluish grey or olive; fins ycliow, with a 

 large black blotch on the produced part of the dorsal fin. 



Total length 200 millim. 



Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic, Indian and Tropical ratitic Oceans. 

 l-;{. Ad. it ligr. 8t. Louis, Senegal. M. P. Delhez (('.). 



4. Hgr. Oaiiihiii. J. S. Budgott, Esq. (P.). 



">. Ad., skin. Zan/.iliar. Sir L. Play lair (( ".). 



•'• Ad. Mombasa. P. J. Cuniiigliamc, K^m. (I'.). 



■2. TliACHYNOTUS GOREENSIS. 



Ciiv. »V- Val. Hist. Poiss. viii. p. ll'J (IS;!] ) : (Jiiiitli. Cat. Fi>li. ii. p. -js;! ( IMGO) ; 



iilci'k. Nat. \'(M-li. (_ics. iiaark'in. .wiii. ISh.'S, p. 77, pi. \vi. fii'. '.> ; Stciiid. 



Sit/.l;. Ak. Wieii, [k. i. ISG'.I, p. 707 : Pellogr. Pull. Soc. I'liiloui. {U)\\. l'.H)7, 



p. 40. 

 Tnicltiiiotiis VKi.rillositf, Cuv. it Val. t. c. j). 420. 

 '/'rttcltiiiotiig nii/rids. Cuv. A: \'al. t. c. p. 421 ; (Jiintli. 1. c. 



Distinguished frt)m the preceding by more numerous soft rays in the 

 dorsal and anal tins. Dorsal 1 + VI-VlI 20-21. Anal II, I 18-22. 

 A series of 2 to 5 dark dots sometimes present on the lateral line. 



Total lengtii 200 millim. 



West Coast of Africa, from the Senegal to the Congo. — Type in Paris 

 Museum. 



1. Hgr. fiaudiia. J. S. Budgett, Es(|. (P.). 



2, ;?-5. Ad. k yg. Cape Verde U. Itov. P. T. Lowe (P.). 



l!. Hgr. .. Cnjit. l^oyd Alexander (1'.}. 



7. Hgr. Niger. Jlr. L. Fraser (('.). 



-s. Ad. W. Afriea, 



I'am. 10. PLEURONECTID.E. 



Pilaterally asymmetrical fishes probably derived from forms similar 

 to the Zciiliv. Easily recognised among all other fishes by the skull 

 being twisted in front and tlie eyes situated on one side of the body, 

 vhich functionally represents the u|tper surface, the other side bein" 

 Usually colourless. Dorsal and anal fins much eloiigute, with soft rays 



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