1534. 
Cynoglossus n^crorhynchus (not Sleeker ) Kner . Reiee Novara . Fische, p. 
295, 1865 (Java)® 
2gfig£j- gg«»? glongetus (not Gflnther ) Day . Fishes of India, vol. 3, p. 
433, pi. 90, fig. 5, 1877 (Madras); Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 
2, p. 454, 1889, 
Cypoglossus acinaces Jenkins , Rec. Indian Mus., vol, 5, pt. 2, p, 130, 
1910 (type locality ; Sunderbuns)* 
Depth 5 1/8 to 5 4/5; head 4 l/8 to 4 l/4, width 5 l/4. Snout 
end to lower orbit 2 1/5 to 2 l/2 in head; lower orbit 7 3/4 to 9, 3 l/s 
to 5 2/5 in snout, upper orbit l/2 in advance; reaches slightly behind 
lower orbit; mouth corner nearer gill opening 1 l/4 orbital diameters 
tlian to snout end; mouth cleft 4 l/3 to 4 l/2 in head, hook extended well 
back over symphysis of mandible; interorbital narrow. l/2 lower orbit. 
Gill as minute rudimentary papillae; gill filaments 1 1/4 times lower or¬ 
bit. 
Scales 72 to 73 in median lateral line from above gill opening 
to caudal base (8 more forward on head to intersection above preopercle); 
12 above to upper lateral line, 14 below to anal fin base. Lateral lines 
2 on left side, apparently none on right side. Scales with 19 or 20 close 
set slightly radiating basal striae; 15 or 16 slender apical denticles, 
largest medially end 3 or 4 transverse series of smaller ones basally; cir- 
culi fine# Right scales cycloid# 
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