CLASS PISCES. 495 



above the pectoral. It is dried, salted, and sold in 

 pieces throughout all the North ! . 



In the Mediterranean are smaller ones, some of 

 which have the eyes to the left. 



One among them, PI. meter olepidot us, Bl. 190., or 

 Citharus, Rondel. 314., is distinguished by larger 

 scales in proportion than any other. It is oblong, 

 and has a straight lateral line. 



Rhombus, Cuv., 



Have to the jaws and pharynx, like hippoglossus, 

 some close or even teeth, or pectiniform ; but their 

 dorsal advances towards the edge of the upper jaw, 

 and extends, as well as the anal, almost nearly to the 

 caudal. The majority have the eyes to the left. 



In some these eyes are approximated, and in their 

 interval is a crest slightly salient. Such are the two 

 large species of our coasts, the most esteemed of all 

 the genus Pleuronectes. 



PL maximus, L., Bl. 49. (the turbot). Rhomboidal 

 body ; almost as high as long ; bristled on the brown 

 side with small tubercles. And 



PI. rhombus, L., Bl. 43. (the brill). The body 

 more oval, without tubercles, and distinguished be- 

 sides by the first rays of its dorsal being half free, 

 and their extremity being divided into several strips. 



1 The PL lirnanoides, Bl. 186., or Citharus asper, Rondel. 315., 

 and pinguis, Faber, Isis. tome xxi. p. 870. also appear to be hip- 

 poglossi of the North. Add Pfeur. erumei, BL, Schn., or adalah, 

 Russel i. 69. ; PL nalaka, Cuv., or Noree nalaka, Russel 77. 



