1553* 
Sxped., vol* 57, p« 443, 1913 (Madura Strait; Sumbawa; Macassar)* 
^ynoglossus bengalensis (not Bleaker ) Gflnther , Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., 
vol# 4, p. 499, 1862 (part). 
Cynoglossus lida (not Bleeker ) Jenkins , Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 3, p. 30, 
1910. 
Cynoglossus lida var. punotatus Jenkins , Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 3, p. 31; 
1910. 
Depth 3 1/5 to 3 7/8; head 4 l/5 to 4 4/5, width 4 to 4 l/2. 
Snout end to lower orbit 2 3/5 to 3 in head; lower orbit 6 l/2 to 8, 1 
4/5 to 3 in snout; upper orbit advanced l/4 to l/3 from lower orbit; mouth 
cleft reaches opposite hind edge of lower orbit, comer nearer snout end 
than gill opening, length 4 to 4 3/5 in head; interorbital width l/2 lower 
orbit, concave. Gill rakers vestigial papillae; gill filaments 1 I/4 
times lower orbit. 
Scales 80 to 90 in lateral line from above gill opening to caudal 
base (10 or 11 more forward to dorsal intersection on head); 14 to 19 above 
to upper lateral line, 20 to 23 below to anal base. Scales ctenoid on both 
sides of body. Caudal base scaly. Dorsal and anal with broad well defined 
basal scaly sheaths. Scales with 22 to 30 basal radiating striae; 20 to 30 
rather long apical denticles, with 2 or 3 transverse series of basal ele¬ 
ments; circuli fine. Left side with 2 lateral lines, indistinct or absent 
from blind side. 
