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P L A I S E, 



Class IV, 



303. Plajse. Plateffa? Aufonii Epiji, ad. 



Theon. 62, 

 he Quarlet. Belon, 139. 

 Quadratulus. Rondel, 318* 



Ge/ner pifc. 66$, 

 Scholle, Pladife. Schonevelde, 



61, 



Pleurone&es oculis et tuber- 

 culis fex a dextra capitis, 

 lateribus glabris, fpina ad 

 anum. Arted. Jynon. 30. 



Pleurone&es Plateffa. Lin, 

 fyfi. 456. Grono-v, Zooph, 

 No, 246. 



Plaife. Wil, Ictb, 96. Raii Skalla, Rodfputta. Faun, Suec. 

 Jyn. pifc, 31. No. 328. 



THESE fifh are very common on moft of 

 our coafts, and fometimes taken of the weight 

 of fifteen pounds; but they feldom reach that fize, 

 one of eight or nine pounds being reckoned a large 

 fifh. 



The beft and largefl: are taken off Rye, on the 

 coaft of Sufex, and alfo off the Butch coafts. They 

 ipawn on the beginning of February, 



They are very flat, and much more fquare than the 

 preceding. Behind the left eye is a row of fix tu- 

 bercles, that reaches to the commencement of the 

 lateral line. 



The upper part of the body and fins is of a clear 

 brown, marked with large bright orange- colored 

 fpots : the belly is white. 



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