PLEUEONECTID^;. 449 



on coloured side T t- length of head, very small on blind side 

 ales ctenoid on coloured, cycloid on blind side. Colourbody 



Fig. \.\.. Synaptura albomaculata. 



brown on coloured side, with three to five rows of widely separated 

 white dots. Fins slate-coloured, edged with white. 



Hob. Seas of India ; attaining at least 12 inches in length. 



1329. (3.) Synaptura orientalis. 

 Pleuronectes orientalis, Bl. Schn. Syst. Ich. p. 157. 

 Synaptura orientalis, Day, Fish. India, p. 429, pi. xciii, fig. 4 (as 



S. cinerascens), & pi. xciv, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 Sappatee, Mai. 



D. 62-65. P. 7. V. 5. A. 47-50. C. 16. L. 1. 70-85. 



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

 length. Eyes the upper one slightly in advance of the lower; 

 to 1 diameter apart. Nasal tube on coloured side, simple. Fins 

 right pectoral longer than left, and | to g length of head. Dorsal 

 rays branched at their extremities. Scales ctenoid on both sides. 

 Lips on blind side and head with numerous short cutaneous fila- 

 ments, some also on coloured side and generally black. Colour 

 bluish slate on right side, usually with short narrow black vertical 

 bands crossing the lateral line ; the body is likewise blotched darker 

 sometimes as spots, in other instances in bands, occasionally some 

 white marks. Vertical fins dark, outer half of pectoral black. The 

 scales on the head and first third of this fish are usually smaller 

 than those further back. 



Hob. Sind, western coast of India, Andamans, China seas. 



1330. (4.) Synaptura pan. 



Pleuronectes pan, Ham. Such. Fish. Ganges, pp. 130, 373, pi. 24, 



fig. 42. 

 Synaptura pan, Day, Fish. India, p. 429, pi. xciii, fig. 3 (see synon.). 



D. 57-60. P. 7. V. 6. A. 43-45. C. 14. L. 1. 80. 



Length of head 5, height of body 2| in the total length. Eyes 

 upper slightly in advance of lower ; diameter 6 in length of head, 

 2 diam. from end of snout, and scarcely 1 apart. Two nostrils, 



YOL. ii. 2 a 



