Class IV. FLOUNDER. 229 



Le Flez. Belon, 141. nulis lupine ad radices pin- 104. Floun- 



PafTeris tertia fpecics. Rondel, narum, dentibus obtufis. der. 



319. Gefner pifc. 666, 670. Arted.fynon. 31. 



Struff-butte Schonevelde, 6z. Plueronecles Flefus. Lin* 



Flounder, Fluke, or But. fyft. 457. Groxo-v. Zooph. 



ml. Icth. 980. Rail fyn. No. 248. 



pifc. 32. Flundra, Slatt-fkadda. Faun* 



Pleurone&es oculis a dextris, Suec. No. 327, 



linea lateral! afpera, fpi- 



THE flounder inhabits every part of the Britijh 

 fea, and even frequents our rivers at a great 

 diftance from the fait waters ; and for this reafon 

 fome writers call it the Paffer fluviatilis. It never 

 grows large in our rivers, but is reckoned fweeter 

 than thofe that live in the fea. It is inferior in fize 

 to the plaife, for we never heard of any that weigh- 

 ed more than fix pounds. 



It may very eafily be diftinguimed from the Descrip* 

 plaife, or any other fifh of this genus, by a row 

 of fharp fmall fpines that furround its upper fides, 

 and are placed juft at the junction of the fins with 

 the body. Another row marks the fide-line, and 

 runs half way down the back. 



The color of the upper part of the body is a pale 

 brown, fometimes marked with a few obfcure fpots 

 of dirty yellow . the belly is white. 



We have. met with a variety of this fifh with the 

 eyes and lateral line on the left fide. Linnaeus 

 makes a diftinft fpecies of it under the name of 



QJ Pleuro- 



