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Body oblong, with firm flesh. Mouth small, teeth uniserial, incisor- 

 like, compressed, forming a continuous cutting edge. Lateral line 

 straightish, without arch or accessoiy dorsal branch. Scales imper- 



fectly imbricated, chiefly cycloid in both sexes; lower pharyngeals 

 small and narrow, separate, each with one or two rows of small bluntish 

 teeth. No stellate scales along bases of dorsal and anal. A row of 

 bony tubercles behind eye. Species mostly European, valued as food, 

 typified by the common Plaice, Pleurcmectes i^latessK. 

 {jrXsvpov^ side; vrjKTyfg^ swimmer,) 



