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The first dorsal fin commences behind the level of the pectoral fin and in front 

 of the level of the opercular angle. 



The first dorsal spine is half the length of the third which is the highest of all. 

 The two dorsal fins are almost in contact. The pectoral fin reaches nearly as far back 

 as the level of the first anal spine. The ventral fin arises at the same level as the 

 pectoral but is only half its length. The vent lies between the ventral fins at the 

 level of the opercular angle. There are three anal spines ; the first, which is very short, 

 is opposite the middle of the posterior dorsal fin. 



The caudal fin is deeply cleft and is as long as the postocular part of the head. 



The lateral line is distinct ; it is curved and occupies the upper part of the body ; 

 it is separated from the mid-dorsal fine by three rows of scales. 



Seven pyloric cœca of moderate length. Colour in spirits reddish brown above. 

 Scales very bright and silvery with a fine blue iridescence. 



One specimen, 15 cm. in length, from the Gulf of Oman, 230 fathoms, Station 341. 

 Registered No. ^\f-^ 



This species differs from 5. philippinensis in possessing three anal spines. The 

 preopercle and spine of the ventral fins are not serrated and the scales are ctenoid. 



Divison ZEORHOMBI. 



Family PLEURONECTID^. 



Samaris inornata, sp. nov. 



lUustr. Zool. " Investigator," Fishes, plate xlvii, figs. 7, ya (1909). 



B. 6, D. 61, A. 48, P. 5, V. 5, C. 16. 



The breadth of the body is 2^ in the length without the caudal. The length of 

 the head is 4^ in the length without the caudal. The length of the snout is a little 

 less than half the diameter of the eye. The eye is 3^ in the length of the head. 



The eyes are close together but not in contact ; the right is very slightly in 

 advance of the left. The pupil is semilunar, being reduced by a flap which descends 

 from the upper margin of the iris. The anterior nostril on the coloured side is tubu- 

 lar, the posterior is simple. 



The mouth is oblique, the right and left maxillse are equally developed and are 

 of the same length as the eye. The teeth are villiform and are arranged in a com- 

 pressed band ; they are alike on both sides of the jaw. The arrangement is nearly 

 the same as in 5. cristata but differs in being compressed into one broad band instead 

 of being arranged in distinct rows. There are no teeth on the vomer and palatines. 



The right pectoral fin contains five rays and is longer than the head. There is 

 no pectoral fin on the blind side. There are two ventral fins each with five rays. 

 The right is pigmented and is one- third longer than the left which is unpigmented. 

 The caudal fin is about one-fifth of the total length. Tke rays of the dorsal and anal 

 fins become longer posteriorly. They are sharply marked off from the caudal fin. 

 The dorsal fin commences well in front of the eye in one specimen ; the first ray arises 



