. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 438 Mr. A. Alcock on undescrihed Shore-Fishes Gill-merabranes broadly united below. Lateral line on the coloured side with a strong, on the blind side with a wide shallow, curve above the pectoral. All the fins delicate ; the vertical fins low ; the paired fins nearly equally developed on both sides, the left pectoral being nearly as long as the caudal, which is about one fifth of the total. The dorsal begins almost on the horizontal through the upper limit of the lower eye. T
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 438 Mr. A. Alcock on undescrihed Shore-Fishes Gill-merabranes broadly united below. Lateral line on the coloured side with a strong, on the blind side with a wide shallow, curve above the pectoral. All the fins delicate ; the vertical fins low ; the paired fins nearly equally developed on both sides, the left pectoral being nearly as long as the caudal, which is about one fifth of the total. The dorsal begins almost on the horizontal through the upper limit of the lower eye. Transparent in life ; on the left side, behind the supra- pectoral curve, a most perfect dark ocellus ; two large round black spots on the straight part of the lateral line; a series of dark perfectly-formed black rings round the body, and outside these a series of dark round spots. Length 1'5 inches. Off Ganjam coast, 9 to 13 fathoms, as above. Off Viza- gapatam coast, Ih to 9^ fathoms ; bottom sand. Specimens of these curious fishes were taken at altogether four stations between the middle of December and the end of February. The other Pleuronectids captured at the same time were species of RhomhoidichthySj Solea, Synaptura^ and CynogJossus. Fio-. 2. Fig. Psetft/lHs Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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