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the left side about the lower lip and the throat appear a number of short 

 white filaments. The figure of Russell (LXX.) is incorrect. The 

 short arch above the upper eye is not produced by the lateral line, but 

 by a bony ridge, and the caudal fin is too short and rounded, and dis- 

 tinct. His original was probably mutilated. Single individuals are 

 of rather rare occurrence at Pinang. 



Synaptura zebra, (Bloch.) 



Pleuronectes zebra, Bloch, Tab. 187. 



Pleuronectes zebra, Linne: Syst. 1226. 



Pleuronectes zebra, Shaw, IV. 305, PI. 44. 



Solea zebra, Cuvier, R. A. II. 343 (') 



Pleuronectes zebra, Bennett : Life of Raffles, 692. 



Brachirus zebra, Swainson, II. 303. 



Right side. Ground colour of head, body, dorsal, anal and ventral 

 fins reddish white minutely dotted with brown ; on the head and body 

 upwards of 19 vertical sooty- or blackish-brown bands extending over 

 the dorsal and anal ; the bands double or in pairs, frequently confluent 

 towards the tail ; a reddish yellow or pale orange band over the root 

 of the caudal and the last dorsal and anal rays ; rest of the caudal 

 black with several oval milkwhite spots ; pectoral black ; pupil iride- 

 scent, circular ; iris pale golden, with four radiating blackish bars. 



Left side. Pectoral, ventral and filaments of the mouth and throat 

 reddish white ; opercle and abdomen bluish. 



D 81 or 83. 



C 16, Right V 5, Left V 4, P 7 or 8, Br. VI. 



A 67 or 65 

 164 



Habit : Sea of Malayan, Peninsula and Islands. 

 Chusan, Macao, Bay of Bengal, Sumatra. 



Total length : 7 inch. 



Right side. The length of the head is f of the total. The upper 

 orbit is situated above the middle of the upper right lip, at equal dis- 

 tance from the muzzle and the angle of the mouth ; the horizontal 

 diameter is i of the length of the head. The lower orbit is a little 

 farther backwards, immediately above and behind the angle of the 



