FORM.—Very 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.
The scales are extremely similar.
Length 6 inches 6 lines.
COLOUR.—Not noticed.
Habitat, King George’s Sound, New Holland.
HIPPOGLOSSUS KINGII. _Jen._
PLATE XXVI.
_H. fuscus: corpore ovato, lato: oculis sinistris, haud valde
approximatis: dentibus acutis, fortioribus: lineâ laterali anticè
arcuatâ: pinnâ dorsali supra oculos initium capienti, dimidio
anteriore humillimo, posteriore modicè elevato: ventralibus
distinctis, haud anali continuis: caudali subquadratâ, radiis mediis
cæteris paululum longioribus._