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BRILL. 



PEARL. KITE. LUGALEE, OR LUGALEEF. 



Bhomhns non aculeatus squamosus, Willoughby; pi. f. 3 — the 



under side. 

 Pleuronedes rhombus, Linx.eus; Risso. 



« " Flemisg; Br. Animals, p. 196. 



" " Jenyns; Manual, p. 462. 



Pleuronede cavrelet, Lacepede. 



RJiombus vulgaris, Barbae, Cuvier. 



" " " Yarrell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, 



p. 331. 

 Rhombus Icevis, Guxther; Cat. Br. Museum, 



vol. iv, p. 400. 



The Pleuronectes cyclojJS of Donovan api^ears to me to be 

 the Brill a little deformed about the head. Dr. Gunther 

 supposes it to be the young state of the Turbot; and the 

 young condition of the last-named fish, when about the size of 

 Donovan's figure, is marked with dots on the under side as in 

 this plate. 



The Brill, or Kite, is often met with on the north coasts of 

 Europe, and from thence along the borders of the British 

 Islands to the Mediterranean; in which last district it appears 

 to have been often confounded with the Turbot. But they 

 seem to be in less numbers than the last-named fish, or at 

 least they are less frequently caught with the line, which cir- 

 cumstance tends to shew that these fishes are less ravenous in 

 their appetite than the Turbot. Their habits lead them to keep 

 in similar ground, and their food is much the same; but the 

 Brill is not considered as equal for the table to that esteemed 

 delicacy. 



The Brill reaches the ordinary size of the Turbot, but never 

 is found of the bulk of the larger examples of that fish. Its 

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