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in the Forth seem to have maintained this high 

 character. This is one of the three Pleuronectidae 

 Fabricius includes in his Fauna as natives of the 

 Greenland seas. It is found in some plenty, and 

 appears to be rather voracious, its food consisting of 

 " Gadi minores, scorpii, ammodytes, salmo arcticus 

 et cancri varii." An oil is obtained from it which 

 tlie natives use for their lamps. 



(Sp. 173.) P. limandoides. Sandsucker; Long 

 Rough Dab, Long Fluke. The general form is ob- 

 iong-oval, the cheeks and body covered with harsh 

 ciliated scales, the fin rays sharp and prominent, 

 the lateral line straight, or very slightly inclining 

 upwards as it approaches the operculum ; mouth 

 large, and furnished with long and sharp teeth. 

 The fish to which these distinctive characters apply, 

 was first noticed in 1 833 by Dr, Harwood, who ob- 

 tained it from the Sussex coast. It has since been 

 found on the coasts of Berwick, Sunderland, Devon- 

 shire, and in the Firth of Forth. It may be obtained 

 very frequently in the Edinburgh market, where it 

 is called the Sandsucker, from the erroneous notion 

 that it feeds on nothing but sand. The first account 

 of it as a British fish, was published by Dr. Parnell in 

 the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal for 1835. 



(Sp. 174.) P. elongata. Long Flounder. Our 

 acquaintance with this recent and rare acquisition, 

 is exclusively derived from Mr. Yarrell's interesting 

 and instructive pages. He regards it as quite new 

 to Ichthyology, and only two specimens have yet 

 been obtained. These were found by Mr. Baker, 



