Window Pane 



By many it is said to be not inferior to the European sole. 

 Tlie colour is grayish-brown, the fins dark spotted, the tips of 

 the pectorals dusky. 



In the genus Lophopseila (Turbot tribe) we have a single 

 species, L. maciilata, known popularly as the window pane. It is 





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an interesting species, occurring on our Atlantic Coast from Maine 

 to the Carolinas. It attains a weight of i to 2 pounds or less 

 and is generally common on sandy bottom. It is a near relative 

 of the valuable European turbot ( Fsetta maxima). 



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