446 TELEOSTEl. ANACANTHINI. 



1324. (4.) Solea indica. 

 Solea indica, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 474 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 426. 



B. vi. D. 55. V. 4. A. 44. C. 12. L. 1. 75. 

 Length of head 4|, height of body 2 in the total length. 

 Eyes small, the upper slightly in advance of the lower, and 1 

 diameter apart. Jaws of about equal length. No tentacles on 

 head. Fins most rays of vertical fins branched, the highest dorsal 

 two thirds length of head ; right ventral slightly longer than eye, 

 and continuous with anal, Left pectoral absent. Caudal rounded. 

 Scales strongly ctenoid. Colour brownish, the vertical tins 

 darker. 



Nab. Madras ; one specimen (22 lines long). 



6. Genus ACHIRUS, Lacepcde. 

 Syn. Pardachirus, Giinther. 



Branch iostegals six. Gill-openings narrow, the membranes 

 broadly united below the throat ; gill-rakers rudimentary. Eyes 

 on right side, the upper in advance of the lower. Mouth narrower 

 on the left side. Teeth minute and only on the blind side. The 

 dorsal fin commences on the snout and ends close to the root of 

 the caudal, the two fins not confluent ; each dorsal and anal ray 

 scaly, and generally with a pore at the base of each. Two ventrals 

 united to the anal. Pectorals absent. Scales small. Lateral 

 line straight, on the blind side there are two, the upper, commencing 

 at the snout, passes along the upper profile of the neck. 



Geographical Distribution. Eed Sea, seas of India, Nicobars and 

 Malay Archipelago. 



Synoptit of Indian Species. 



L. 1. 90-100. Greyish brown, with milk-white 



spots > 1. A. pavoninus, p. 446. 



L. 1. 65. Brown with dark spots 2. A. maculatus, p. 447. 



1325. (1.) Achirus pavoninus. (Fig. 160.) 



Achirus pavoniuus, Lacep. H. N. Poiss. iv, pp. 658, 661 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 427, pi. xciii, fig. 2 (see synon.). 



D. 64-70. V. (r.) 4 (1.) 5. A. 50-56. C. 15. L. 1. 90-100. 

 Length of head 5 to 5|, height of body 2 to 3 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 5^ in length of head, anterior edge of 

 lower eye 1| diameters from end of snout. Numerous rather long 

 fringes along the edges of both upper and lower jaws, also on left 

 side of head. Fins an open pore at base of each dorsal and anal 

 ray on left side. Anterior dorsal and anal rays branched. Scales 

 -ctenoid on head and anterior portion of body. Colour right 



