229 Flat Fishes of Natal. 
Depth of body 4 to 43 in length, length of head 43 to 5. Snout ° 
length of head or more; interocular width less than diameter of eye, 
which is about 10 in length of head; angle of mouth below posterior 
edge of lower eye, nearer gill-opening than end of snout. Posterior 
nostril between eyes. Dorsal 102-110. Anal 82-86. Scales ctenoid 
on both sides ; 85 to 90 in a longitudinal series. T'wo lateral lines on 
left side; 13 or 14 series of scales between them; no distinct lateral 
line on right side. Grayish or brownish. ‘Total length 180 mm. 
Coasts of India and Malay Archipelago ; two specimens from Durban 
are the first recorded from Natal. 
3.  CYNOGLOSSUS GILCHRISTI, nom. nov. 
Cynoglossus brachycephalus (non Bleek.), Gilchr. Mar. Inv. 8. Afr. 
TP 905, 4p. Ua plex xx. 
Depth of body 4 to 43 in the length, length of head 5}. Snout less 
than } length of head; eyes contiguous, diameter 6 to 64 in length 
of head; angle of mouth below middle of lower eye, nearer end 
of snout than gill-opening. Dorsal 105-107. Anal 82-84. Scales 
ctenoid on both sides, 76 in a longitudinal series.  ‘l'wo lateral 
lines on left side; 14 series of scales between them ; no lateral line on 
right side. Pale brown, spotted and marbled with darker; fins with 
a series of large black spots. 
Natal; off mouth of Umhlanga R., 22-26 fathoms. 
Here described from a specimen of 145 mm. 
4, CYNOGLOSSUS ECAUDATUS. 
Cynoglossus acaudatus, Gilchr. Mar. Inv. 8. Afr. IV, 1908, p. 162, 
pl. xlvi. 
tesembles C. gilchristi in the short snout and contiguous eyes, but 
is less elongate. Depth 3 in length. Dorsal 102. Anal 85. 63 to 
65 scales in a longitudinal series, 10 between lateral lines. Upper 
lateral line not developed on posterior third of body. 
Natal. 
In the types (three specimens) a rayless membrane connected the 
last rays of dorsal and anal. 
