FLAT-FISHES. 



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One of the most esteemed of British fishes is 

 found in this genus, the Turbot {^Rhomhus maxi- 

 mus, Linn.); which is also one of the largest 

 species of the Family. In form it is nearly 

 square, the head and tail being at opposite angles. 

 Two feet in diagonal diameter may be considered 

 as a fair size ; but individuals are sometimes 



k. 



TURBOT BOAT OFF SCARBOROUGH. 



found much larger. Rondelet states that he has 

 seen one five cubits (or seven and a half feet) in 

 length, four in breadth, and a foot in tliickness. 

 Mr. Couch notices one which weighed seventy 

 pounds, taken in 1730, near Plymouth; and an- 

 other is said to have been taken in 1832, near 

 Whitby, weighing a hundred and ninety pounds. 

 The left or upper side is of a dark brown hue. 



