1428 . 
Solee umbr atll is Alcock, Illustrat. Zool. Invest ig ator , pt. 3, pi. 15, 
fig. 4, 1895; Cat. Deep Sea Fishes Indian Mus., p. 129, 1899 (Bengal 
Bay, Arabian Sea, Malabar Coast, 68 to 148 fathoms). —Regan, Journ. 
Bombay Kat« Hist* Soc«, vole 16, p# 329, 1905 (Sea of Oman, 98 fathoms)# 
Solea ( Achirus ) umbratilis Alcock , Journ* Asiatic Soc* Bengal, vole 65, 
pt * 2, p* 329, 1896* 
Depth 2 l/6 to 2 l/2; head 3 l/2 to 3 4/5, width 3 to 3 4/5* 
Snout end to lower orbit 2 3/5 to 3 in head; lower orbit ? to 7 3/4, 2 
to 2 l/3 in snout; upper l/3 advanced from lower; maxillary extends l/3 
to 2/5 in lower orbit; mouth cleft 3 to 3 l/5 in head from snout end; 
nasal tube long as pupil; scaly interorbital 1 l/3 in lower orbit, con¬ 
cave* Gill rakers as feeble obsolete minute papillae; gill filaments 1 
1/4 in lower orbit# 
Scales 58 to 60 in lateral line from above gill opening to 
caudal base and 6 or 7 more on latter (9 forward to dorsal intersection); 
22 or 23 above, 27 or 28 below# Scales all ctenoid# Scales with 28 to 
30 close-set radiating basal striae; 10 or 11 rather long slender apical 
denticles, with 2 or 3 series basal elements; circuli fine, continuous# 
Right lateral line axial, complete# Left lateral line complete, distinct, 
also with front extension along and close below front dorsal base# 
D. 73 or 74, fin height 2 1/4 to 2 3/5 in head; A* 53 or 54 , 
fin height 2 to 2 l/8; caudal 1 l/6 to 1 l/4, convex behind; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 1 7/8 to 2 1/4; ventral 2 2/5 to 2 3/5# 
Ecru drab to faun color on right side, with obscure though 
slightly larger blotches formed more ,or less as darker scales around 
