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THE TURBOT. 



IIAWN FLEUK, AKU BAXN'OCK FLETK, Scotland. 

 Wwmhiis maximiis, Le 'I'lirbot, Cuvieu, Regne An. t. ii. p. 340. 



,, ,, Tuibot, WiLl.l'GHDY, p. 94, F. 2. 



Pleuroiiectes ,, Linn/Evs. Bi.och, pt. ii. pi. 49. 



Turhot, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 315, pi. 49. 

 Don. Brit. Fish, pi, 46. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 196, sp. 96. 



Generic Characters. — Colour and eyes on the left side; teeth in tiie jaws 

 and pharynx ; dorsal fin commencing anterior to the upper eye ; dorsal and 

 anal fins extending very nearly to the tail. 



The Turbot, so well known, so highly and so justly 

 esteemed, is considered the best, as it is also one of the 

 largest, of our Flatfishes ; and, like the Salmon, notwith- 

 standing its great excellence, and tlie immense numbers 

 that arc caught in various ways, it is still in great abundance, 

 but not equally so on all parts of the coast. 



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