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PLEURONECTIDE. 



SUBBRACHJAL 

 MALACOPTERYG1I. 



PLEURONECTWJE. 



LONG ROUGH DAB. 



SANDNECKER. SAND FLEUK, AND LONG FLEUK, EfUnb. 



Platessa limando'ides, Sandnecker, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 459, sp. 146. 

 Pleuronectes ,, ,, PARNELL, Edinb. Phil. Journ. July 1835, 



p. 210. 

 ,, ,, Long Rough Dab, BLOCH, pt. vi. pi. 186. 



THE LONG ROUGH DAB is a very recent .addition to 

 the catalogue of British Fishes. The first notice I had 

 of the occurrence of this species on our coast was in the 

 autumn of 1833, from Dr. John Hanvood, of St. Leonard's, 

 near Hastings, who had seen a specimen that was taken 

 on the Sussex coast. In the summer of 1834? I received 

 two specimens from Dr. George Johnston of Berwick, which 

 had been taken in that vicinity. In May 1835 I was 

 favoured by Dr. Parnell with the largest specimen I have 

 yet seen, measuring fifteen inches ; who, at the same time, 

 sent me word they were to be had frequently in the Frith 



