442 Undescribed Shore-Fishes from the Bay of Bengal. 
Cynoglossus [Ham. Buch.]. 
Cynoglossus versicolor } sp. n. 
D. 112. A. 88. C. 10. V. 4. 
L. lat. 75 to gill-opening. 
Body tapering acuminately to the caudal ; its height in 
the total. Height of the head about one fourth greater than 
its length, which is about one sixth of the total. 
Snout symmetrically rounded ; its length is one third that 
of the head ; rostral hook not extending behind the level of 
the mandibular symphysis. Eyes nearly circular, the 
diameter one seventh of the head-length ; the upper a third 
of a diameter in advance of, and half a diameter apart from, 
the lower, which is so situated as to much erode the outline 
of the lip. On the coloured side only one nostril, in the form 
of a rather long slender tube situated in front of the lower 
eye ; on the blind side two, the anterior of which is a short 
tube. 
Mouth small, its angle nearer to the tip of the snout than 
to the gill-opening. Scales ctenoid on both sides. Two 
lateral lines on the coloured side, branching and anastomosing 
on the head ; the upper, which ends just in front of the pos- 
terior fourth of the body, is separated from the lower, which 
is continuous to the base of the caudal, by twelve rows of 
scales. No lateral line on the blind side. One ventral fin 
united to the anal by a broad membrane. The highest 
[middle] anal rays slightly surpass the corresponding dorsal 
rays, which equal the snout in length. 
Colours in life : — Left side yellowish brown, profusely 
marbled with chestnut-brown and sepia ; a large ocelliform 
red-brown patch, with a yellow areola on the abdomen just 
behind the gill-opening. 
Length nearly 5 inches. One specimen. 
Off the Orissa coast, 11 fathoms ; bottom hard sand. 
Cynoglossus prcecisusj sp. n. 
D. 112. A. 88. C. 8. Y. 4. L. lat. 65 to gill-opening. 
Height of the body one fourth of the total. Height of the 
head one eighth greater than its length, which is nearly one 
fifth of the total. 
Snout obtusely pointed ; its length is that of the head ; 
rostral hook not extending behind the mandibular symphysis. 
