442 Undescrihed Shore- Fishes from the Day of Bengal. 



Cynoglossus [Ham. Buch.]. 



Cynoglossus versicolor ^ sp. n. 



D. 112. A. 88. C. 10. V. 4. 

 L. lat. 75 to gill-opening. 



Body tapering acuniinately to the caudal ; its height 4^ in 

 the total. Height of the head about one i'ouith greater than 

 its length, which is about one sixth of the total. 



Snout symmetrically rounded ; its length is one third that 

 of the head ; rostral hook not extending behind the level of 

 the mandibular symphysis. Eyes nearly circular, the 

 diameter one seventh of the head-length; the upper a third 

 of a diameter in advance of, and half a diameter apart from, 

 the lower, which is so situated as to much erode the outline 

 of the lip. On the coloured side only one nostril, in the form 

 of a rather long slender tube situated in front of the lower 

 eye ; on the blind side two, the anterior of which is a short 

 tube. 



Mouth small, its angle nearer to the tip of the snout than 

 to the gill-opening. Scales ctenoid on both sides. Two 

 lateral lines on the coloured side, branching and anastomosing 

 on the head ; the upper, which ends just in front of the pos- 

 terior fourth of the body, is separated from the lower, which 

 is continuous to the base of the caudal, by twelve rows of 

 scales. No lateral line on the blind side. One ventral fin 

 united to the anal by a broad membrane. The highest 

 [middle] anal rays slightly surpass the corresponding dorsal 

 rays, which equal the snout in length. 



Colours in life : — Left side yellowish brown, profusely 

 marbled with chestnut-brown and sepia ; a large ocelliform 

 red-brown patch, with a yellow areola on the abdomen just 

 behind the gill-opening. 



Length nearly 5 inches. One specimen. 



Off the Orissa coast, 11 fathoms ; bottom hard sand. 



Cynoglossus prcecisus, sp. n. 

 D. 112. A. 88. C. 8. V. 4. L. lat. 65 to gill-opening. 



Height of the body one fourth of the total. Height of the 

 head one eighth greater than its length, which is nearly one 

 fifth of the total. 



Snout obtusely pointed ; its length is 3;^ that of the head ; 

 rostral hook not extending behind the mandibular symphysis. 



