of Fishea from Nortli China. 157 



two ninths of the total len,^h (without caudal), the length of 

 the head two sevenths. Head broader than high, flat above. 

 The width between the orbits is less than the diameter of the 

 eje, which is one fifth of the length of the head. Snout as 

 long as the eje, obtuse, Avith the cleft of the mouth horizontal, 

 the upper jaw being slightly longer than the lower; the 

 maxillary extends slightly beyond the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. The entire head and the chest before the vent rah naked. 

 Scales ctenoid. Dorsal fins nearly equally high, lower than 

 the body ; caudal obtusely rounded ; the ventrals terminate at 

 a great distance from the vent. Greyish yellow, with two 

 brown longitudinal bands on each side — the upper starting 

 from the superciliaiy margin and running along the base of 

 the dorsal fins to the upper caudal rays, the lower from the 

 lower part of the eye across the upper portion of the axil and 

 along the middle of the side of the body. 



Two specimens, the larger of which is 3 inches long. 



33. Sjjhyrcena pinguis^ sp. n. 

 D. I i. A. 10. L. lat. 95. 



The height of the body is contained seven times in the 

 total length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice 

 and one fourth. Eye large, its diameter being two elevenths 

 of the length of the head and one half of the postorbital por- 

 tion. Maxillary terminating at some distance in front of the 

 orbit. Mandible without lobe in front, armed with seven 

 larger teeth on each side, the smaller teeth not included. 

 Interorbital space rather convex, narrower than the orbit. 

 Prseoperculum with the angle produced into a rounded lobe. 

 The origin of the first dorsal fin corresponds to the extremity 

 of the pectoral, and is behind the root of the ventral fin. 

 The distance between the first and second dorsals is less than 

 twice the length of the latter. Above greenish, beneath 

 silvery. Fins light-coloured. 



This species has a remarkably round body. Two specimens, 

 14 inches long. 



34. Mugil soiuy, Basil. 



35. Ditrema Temminchiij Blkr. 



36. Pleiironectes asperrimus^ Schleg. 



37. Pleuronectes variegatus, Schleg. 



38. Synaptura zehra, Bl. 



39. Exoccetus hrachycephalus, Gthr. 

 Ann.ci-Mag.N.Hist.^(:rA. VoJ.xm. 12 



