FISHES OF BORNEO. O.S? 



The entire bod\' has ii moi-c or less liiicly j-cl iciiUUetl ajipi'ii ranee. Xo. 

 '?r)()l ; length, llio millimeters. 



A food-fisli of small value. This species has been i'e|iorleil from 

 numerous places in the riiilippines. 



Thysanophrys bobossok (Bleeker). 



Brownish, with darker hands (i\er hack; sules ol head willi four dark 

 vertical stripes about as wide as interspaces; caudal haiideil with brownish 

 and white; s])inous dorsal with a, lar^e dusky blotch; second dorsal rays 

 banded with bi-owu ; anal yellowisli-wliite, some dusky spots on margin; 

 pectorals and ventrals with brownish markings. Lalcral line with small 

 spines anteriorly; jireopei-cular s])ine T in head. Xos. ■J.^Dt, ■.'■"i?:!, 2(-'>^>''., 

 •?GTS. ?704, 2:n. and -iTri; length. :: to 15.-> millimeters. 



A very common species but not large enough to be of importance foi- 

 food. It has not yet been recorded from the Philippines. 



Thysanophrys scaber (Linnaeus). 



(ii'ayish-brown, with some \ery indistinct dusky bauds o\-er back; 

 ventrals and anals with dusky tips; spinous dorsal and caudal each with 

 a dusky blotch; soft dorsal and pectorals barred with bi^nvn. Character- 

 ized by the lateral line having spines extending its entire length. Xos. 

 5i49, -.^(Ul, and ?(i(i.'); length, i:.i) to l.so millimeters. 



A common species in Borneo, hut not yet reported from the Philippines, 



Our specimens differed from the figure given by Bleeker '- in having 



the lower and posterior half of caudal taken up by a large dull dusky 



blotch, the brown bars showing only on the upper portion of the fin. 



It may be different. 



Family I'LEURO.X K( "ITD.h:. Flounders. 

 Microbuglossus humilis (Cantor). 



Color dull brown, with numerous fine dusky spots ; a row of larger 

 round black spots near bases of fins. Xos. ".'.jt;:">, '2.570, 257(1, 2ri!»7', 2764, 

 and 3766; length, 60 to 70 millimeters. 



Xot recorded from, the Philippines. 



Pseudorhombus javanicus Hamilton. 



Color dull brown, with .^lightly darkei' blotches and spots; two dark 

 spots on lateral line, one of which has scarcely a trace of an angle above 

 the nostrils, the other has it quite (1i>-tinct. Xos. 2466 and 3471; length, 

 15.J to 17-j millimeters. 



It is probable that Jordan and Pichardson '^ were wrong in regarding 

 P. ijoJyspihis collected by Doctor Lung in (Javite as belonging to this 

 species. 



'Atlas Icththy. (?) 9, pi. 419, fig. 5. 

 "Hull. U. ,?. Bur. F/.-ihrrin (1907), 37, 281. 



