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on the body but are in places somewhat irregularly disposed. 
The anterior dorsal and the ventral rays are reddish, the dorsal 
and usually the anal and caudal are dark brown towards their 
free edges narrowly margined with a reddish tinge: under side 
colourless, or blotched with grey. 
Length.—420 mm. 
This species was only once taken off the mainland, namely, near 
Timaru, in 16 to 21 fathoms. It was also secured off the 
Chatham Islands, south of Port Hutt, in 24-33 fathoms, both 
occurrences being on a sandy bottom. 
PELOTRETIS Waite, 1911. 
Eyes on the right side, the lower advanced, the upper close 
to the profile; mouth small, subsymmetrical; teeth villiform, on 
the blind side only, no vomerine or palatine teeth. The dorsal 
commences behind the snout, and is not connected with the 
caudal; two ventrals, the right one in the’ same line and con- 
tinuous with the anal. Scales moderate, ctenoid on the right 
side, cycloid on the left, lateral line nearly straight. Guill 
openings narrow, the membranes broadly united below the 
throat; gill-rakers short and conical. 
This genus differs from Ammotretis by the small subsym- 
metrical mouth, the large eyes, the upper of which is close to 
the profile, the backward origin of the dorsal fin and the 
absence of any rostral hook. 
PELOTRETIS FLAVILATUS Waite. 
LEMON SOLE. 
Plate XLI. 
Pelotretis flavilatus Waite, Proc, N.Z.I., 1911, p. 50. 
Stations 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 58, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70. 
71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 78, 81, 86, 87, 94. 
B.. vii; Dy 89); A. Hs V. dex: 7,.sin: 5); P. dex. J2 sini 
C. 13 + 4; L. lat. 78; L. tr. 26 + 39; Vert. 11 + 31 = 42. 
Length of head 4.8, height of body 1.8, length of caudal 5.0 
in the length: diameter of eye 3.9 in the head. The eyes are 
large, crowded to the front of the head, and the upper one is 
close to the dorsal edge, which is incised so that the eye can be 
seen from the under side: lower eye slightly advanced a small 
knob in front of it; this eye is separated from the maxilla by a 
narrow ridge only. 
Teeth.—Present on the blind side only. 
