igio.] J. T. Jbnkins : Indian Pleur onedidae. 27 



Rhomboidichthys azur eus, Alcock. 

 2625. Arakan Coast, January, 1909. Length, y6 cms. 



Brachypi^eura, Günther. 



Brachypleura xanthostida , Alcock. 



This species was recorded from the Ganjam Coast, whence Alcock' s type speci- 

 mens were obtained, and also off the entrance to the Eastern Channel at the mouth 

 of the Hughli. 



Length. 



F 3426, 2 Off Gopalpur, Ganjam Coast, 24 fathoms, Feb., 1909 . . ii-2 cms. 



F 3426a, 2 ,, ,, ,, ,, . . iQ-i ,, 



F 3449. ^ ,, » >, ,, ■■ 9-5 ,, 



F 3427, 2 Off Pilot Ship, Eastern Channel, 25th Feb., 1909 . . 7-2 ,, 



PSETTYI.IS, Alcock. 



This genus was established by Alcock ' in 1890 for a number of Pleuronectids 

 allied to Rhomboidichthys. One of the generic characters as given by Alcock is ''no 

 scales"^ but I agree with Johnstone* that the body is covered with scales which are 

 cycloid, except at the bases of the dorsal and anal fins, on the ocular side, where 

 they are ctenoid. The single specimen in the collection is Psettylis ocellata. 



Psettylis ocellata, Alcock. 



F ^-r^, Indian Marine Survey Station 387, 49-40 fathoms. 

 Lat. N. 15° 25'. Long. E. 93° 45'- 



SciANECTES, Alcock. 



Scianedes macrophthalmus , Alcock. 



This species was described by Alcock^ from a specimen taken at a depth of 100 

 fathoms off Akyab. It was obtained in much shallower water by the ''Golden 

 Crown " off Puri on March 15th, 1909. 



Length. 

 F 3436, Puri, Orissa Coast, March, 1909 . . . . . . 12-3 cms. 



F 3436« ,, ,, ,, .. .. .. loi ,, 



F iiÂO^ Ai^si^ ±181^ 4iiA^ Indian Marine Survey Station 387, 49-40 fathoms. 

 Lat. 15° 25' N. Long. 93° 45' E. 



' Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vi, 1890, p. 436. 



^ Ibid., p. 437, and Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Fishes in the Indian Mitsetim, Calcutta, 

 1899, p. 124. 



^ Rep. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Fish., pt. ii, p. 207 (Roy. vSoc. Load., 1904). 

 ■* See Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. Iviii, pt. ii, No. 3, 1889. 



