n i no description of this last has been yet published, it is still possible I may be
mistaken.
2 . P l a t e s s a -
F orm.—V ery similar to the last species, from which it scarcely seems to differ, except in having
the teeth smaller, and somewhat more numerous and closer together; also in the maxillary,
which is more dilated at its posterior extremity, and more obliquely truncated. T he scales
are extremely similar.
Length 6 inches 6 lines. C olour.— N ot noticed.
H abitat, King George’s Sound, New Holland.
H i p p o g l o s s u s K i n g i i . Jen.
P l a t e X X V I .
H . fuscus: corpore ovato, lato: oculis sinistris, haud valde approximatis: dentibus
acutis, fortioribus : lined laterali antice arcuatd: pinnd dorsali sxipra ocxdos initium
capienti, dimidio anteriore humillinio, posteriore modich elevato : ventralibxis distinc-
tis, haud anali continuis : caudali subquadratd, radiis mediis cæteris paululum lon-
gioribxis.
D. 18 et 48 ; A. 51 ; C. 14 ; P. 11 ; V. 6.
F orm.— B readth, not including the dorsal and anal fins, h alf the length of the oval of the body.
Eyes on the left side, apparently distant from each other about two diam eters; the upper one
a little behind the lower. T eeth sharp and strong, forming a very regular series. T he lateral
line takes a sweep over the pectoral fin. The dorsal commences above the upper eye; the
first half, or until it gets above the extrem ity of the reclined pectoral, is very little elevated,
and much lower than the rest of the fin, with the membrane apparently notched between the
rays ; the remainder of the fin attains a moderate elevation, and there is an abrupt transition
from the former to the latter portion. T he anal answers to the elevated portion o f the
dorsal: both these fins fall short of the caudal by a smaU space. Pectorals short, and of a
somewhat triangular form. V entrals very distinct, free, placed right and left, with the rays a
little projecting beyond the m embrane; which last character appears also in the dorsal and
anal. Tail somewhat square, but the middle rays slightly projecting beyond the lateral
ones in the form of an obtuse lobe.
C O L O U R .— Represented in the drawing o f a uniform light brown.
Habitat, Valparaiso.
This is the species of which, as before stated, no specimen was brought home,
but only a coloured drawing made by Mr. Phillip King, an officer of the Beagle,
ior Capt. FitzRoy. The drawing appears to have been done with accuracy, and
f rom it the above description has been taken. The fin-ray formula, however, was
computed from the recent fish, the above numbers being marked upon the drawing.
T he teeth appear to indicate this species as belonging to Ilippoglossus rather