1202 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes, [Nov. 



The whole of the head is covered with little scales like those of the 

 body, rough to the touch. The tongue is minute, smooth, truncated 

 triangular. The greatest vertical diameter of the body, at the end of 

 the anterior third of the dorsal, is 2\ in the total length. On the 

 diameter may be counted 69 series of scales. The slightly raised 

 lateral line continues straight from behind the upper part of the oper- 

 cle to the caudal, a little nearer the back than the abdomen. It con- 

 tains 85 scales, each with a minute central tube. The scales of the 

 head and body are small, elongated tetragonal, the posterior margin 

 rounded. On the radical part appear about nine radiating lines, some 

 of which are divided in two ; the centre of the posterior margin has 

 upwards of thirteen cilia, although very fine, yet sufficiently strong to 

 make the scales appear rough to the touch. The first dorsal ray com- 

 mences on a level with the anterior angle of the upper orbit. The first 

 nine rays are undivided ; all are covered by an elongated pyramidal 

 sheath of scales, consisting of two or three series, which extend to near 

 the points of the rays, which project beyond the membrane. The 

 longest rays, towards the middle of the fin, equal £ the length of the 

 head. The anal resembles the dorsal, but has only the four anterior 

 rays undivided. The caudal is rounded, equal the length of the head. 

 The pectoral is pointed, \ the length of the head. The right ventral 

 is very small, about J of the pectoral, and the last ray is connected by 

 a membrane to the first anal. 



Left side. A little above and behind the symphysis of the upper 

 jaw appears a small tubercle, through which is pierced a single minute 

 nostril. The base of the dorsal as far as the nine first rays carries a 

 few short soft filaments, some of which are scattered over the side of 

 the head ; they become more numerous and crowded towards the left 

 angle of the mouth. This side of the jaws resembles the cipher 3, 

 there being at the angle a small pointed tubercle, directed inward. 

 The teeth are very fine, crowded and hid to the point in the fleshy lips. 

 The left ventral is longer than the right and not joined to the anal. 

 A single individual was observed atPinangin October 1842. 



Solea ovata, Richardson. 



Solea ovata, Richardson: Report, 1845, 279. 



Right side. Brownish ash-grey, minutely mottled with pale black- 



