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PLEURONECTID.E. 



The fin-rays in number are 



D. 89 : P. 11 : V. 6 : A. 71 : C. 13. Vertebrae 41. 



The mouth is large ; the lower jaw the longest, with a 

 rounded projection under the symphysis ; the teeth on both 

 jaws numerous, pointed, and sharp : the eyes large ; the 

 upper one the most so, and placed farther back than the 

 lower ; the orbits separated by a prominent bony ridge : the 

 lateral line conspicuous, elevated, and double over the pec- 

 toral fin, one portion being a continuation of the prominent 

 straight line along the body, the other taking a high curve 

 over the pectoral fin ; both lines ultimately approaching each 

 other again at the upper angle of the operculum, as shown in 

 the woodcut : the form of the body is an elongated oval ; the 

 surface rough ; the scales rather large ; the colour a uniform 

 yellow brown ; the fins rather lighter ; the under side smooth 

 and white. A specimen in the British Museum exhibits 

 faint indications of various spots, as shown in Mr. Donovan's 

 coloured plate, and in the figure by Ray in his Synopsis, but 

 this is not uniformly the case. 



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