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Mr. A. Alcock on undescribed Shore-Fishes 
Gill-membranes broadly united below. Lateral line on 
the coloured side with a strong, on the blind side with a wide 
shallow, curve above the pectoral. 
All the fins delicate ; the vertical fins low ; the paired fins 
nearly equally developed on both sides, the left pectoral 
being nearly as long as the caudal, which is about one fifth 
of the total. The dorsal begins almost on the horizontal 
through the upper limit of the lower eye. 
Transparent in life ; on the left side, behind the supra- 
pectoral curve, a most perfect dark ocellus ; two large round 
black spots on the straight part of the lateral line ; a series 
of dark perfectly-formed black rings round the body, and 
outside these a series of dark round spots. 
Length 1*5 inches. 
Off Ganjam coast, 9 to 13 fathoms, as above. Off Viza- 
gapatam coast, 7\ to 9^ fathoms ; bottom sand. 
Specimens of these curious fishes were taken at altogether 
four stations between the middle of December and the end 
of February. The other Pleuronectids captured at the same 
time were species of Rhomboidichthys , Solea , Synaptura ) 
and Cynoglossus . 
L^OPS, Gthr. 
Lceops Guenther i } sp. n. 
D. 94-98. A. 79-80. C. 16. P. d. & s. 13. 
V. d. & s. 6. 
Body regularly elliptical, its height about 2f in the total 
without the caudal. Length of the head 4J to 4f in the same 
standard and almost exactly equal to its height. 
