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PLEURONECTID.E. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



FLEURONECTIDsE. 



THE TURBOT. 



KAWN FLEUK, AND BANNOCK FLEUK, Scotland. 



Rhombus maiimus, Le Turbot, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 340. 



,, ,, Turbot, WILLUGHBY, p. 94, F. 2. 



Pteuronectes ,, LINNTEUS. BLOCK, pt. ii. pi. 49. 



,, ,, Turbot, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 315, pi. 49. 



,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 46. 



,, ,, FLF.M. Brit. An. p. 196, sp. 96. 



,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 461. 



RHOMBUS. Generic Characters. Colour and eyes on the left side ; teeth in 

 the jaws and pharynx ; dorsal fin commencing anterior to the upper eye ; dorsal 

 and anal fins extending very nearly to the tail. 



THE TURBOT, so well known, so highly and so justly 

 esteemed, is considered the best, as it is also one of the 

 largest, of our Flatfishes ; and, like the Salmon, notwith- 

 standing its great excellence, and the immense numbers that 



