RR a A ee ee 
oe dian Sa 
spine cabanas 
eye 4 1/3; maxillary 1 9/10; bony interorbital 4 1/8; ‘head 
width 1 5/6. Snout convex, length 2/3 its width. Bands of 
villiform teeth in jaws, none on mouth roof. Rakers 579, 
lanceolate, 11/3 in filaments, latter 2 in eye. Scales with 
rather simple coarse circuli, 25 to 30 coarser and fewer apically. + 
Color in alcohol dull brown, sides and below pale and whitish, 
Fins all dull brown. Iris pale or whitish, Dusky blotch at 
pectoral origin, extending little over adjacent region, Length 
305 mm, Near Loba, New Zealand, 
This species is well figured by Waite<?9 
299 ) 
Records Cantebury Mus., vol. 1,No0.3,1911, p.183, P1.31, 
sa ees 
PLEURONECTIDAE,. 
stomalq Figenmann and Figenmann, Yow 39%. 
- Hippoglossina 
Head 3; depth 2 1/3; D. 66; A. 52; pores 72 in lateral line 
to caudal base; about 82 rows of scales along lateral line to cau- 
dal base; 28 rows of scales above lateral line; 40 rows below; 
snout 5 in head, measured from upper jaw tip; eye 4 1/4; maxillary 
23/5; head width 4 in its total length, Maxillary oblique, to eye 
center; expansion 2 1/5 in eye. Mandible protruding. Row of moder- 
ate conic teeth in each jaw, small, none canines; no teeth on mouth 
roof. Interorbital narrow bony ridge. Rakers 5+12, lanceolate, 
2 <3 filamentsy: which 1 2/5 in eye. Scales ctenoid on left or 
