214 PLEURONECTIDE. 



The fin-rays in number are — 



D. 73 : P. 11 : V. 6 : A, 55 : C. 16. 



The body is smooth on both sides, the scales small ; the 

 colour of the upper or right side a rich brown, with a row of 

 bright orange red spots along the dorsal and anal fins, and 

 other spots of the same colour dispersed over the body ; the 

 under side entirely white. Young Plaice have frequently 

 a dark spot in the centre of the red one. 



The fishes of this first division of the P/euronectidce with 

 the eyes and the colour on the right side of the body are fur- 

 ther distinguished bv the term dextral fishes. 



