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deciduous scales, whicli are finely ctenoid on the coloured, cycloid on the 

 blind side. Lateral line with a wide curve above the pectoral. Fins. 

 The dorsal begins almost on the upper lip of the blind-side, below the 

 nostrils on that side : the 4th to the 10th raj's are elongated in the 

 male only, the 5th to the 7th being nearly half the total length of the 

 body. The anal arises some distance behind the ventrals, its rays are 

 rather less than one-third the body height in length. All the rays of 

 the vertical fins are simple. The caudal has 16 rays, its shape is rhom- 

 boidal, and its length one-fifth of the total. The pectorals are set on very 

 obliquely on the coloured and almost horizontally on the blind side : 

 they have 11 rays, and the right (coloured) is rather longer than the 

 left and equal to the caudal. The ventrals have 6 rays ; the left arises 

 behind the right. Colours during life — body and fins on riglit side a 

 light sandy brown with numerous longitudinal rows of large bright- 

 orange spots. Internal anatomy : there is a simple saccular stomach ; 

 the intestine is short and has three long diverticula arising at different 

 levels behind the pylorus. 



The length ranges from 3f in. to 4f in. 



Captured 28 miles S. W. of Puri, and 6 miles S. of Ganjam, on 

 both occasions in 25 fathoms and on a clean sandy bottom. 



This fish goes beyond the confines of the genus Braeliypletira 

 (Giinther, Cat. iv. 429) in the double row of teeth in the lower jaw, and 

 in the curved lateral line ; but one hesitates to construct a new genus 

 on these characters, when there are so many other important points of 

 agreement. 



4. PsEUDOEHOMBUs RUSSELLii, (J. E. Gray). 



Giinther, Cat. iv. 424 j Pseudorhombus arsius, Day, Fishes of India, p. 423, bnt 

 not Pleuronectes arsim of Hamilton-Bnohanan's description. Fishes of Ganges, pp. 

 128 and 373. 



Met with commonly near river-mouths and in estuaries. 



5. Pseudorhombus javanicus, Bleeker. 



Gunther, Cat. iv. 427 ; Day, Fishes of India, p. 424. 

 Met with every where from 7 to 23 fathoms. The specimens taken 

 from hard sand are more brightly coloured than those from muddy 

 bottoms. 



6. Pseudorhombus malatanus, Bleeker. 



Sleeker, Atlas Ichthyologique, torn, vi, pp. 7-8. pi. coxxxiv, fig 2. 

 Bleeker distinguishes this species from P. russellii by its scales, 

 •which are ctenoid on both sides, and by the concavity of the lower 



