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PLEUEONECTID.E. 



colour of the upper or right side a rich brown, with a row of 

 bright orange red spots along the dorsal and anal fins, and 

 other spots of the same colour dispersed over the body ; the 

 under side entirely white. Young Plaice have frequently 

 a dark spot in the centre of the red one. 



The fishes of this first division of the Pleuronectid<e with 

 the eyes and the colour on the right side of the. body are fur- 

 ther distinguished by the term dextral fishes. 



The vignette represents the bones of the head in the genus 

 Platessa. 



