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iddle of the palate. Thefe are of the fame form with the teeth, but 



mob 

 ben ihi 



yield 



g backwards with the lead preflure, and rifmg i iright 



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forwards 



but the joints, whereby they are fi 



move in any other direft 



will not allow them to 



belly 



Both thefe fpecies want the breaft-fins; and the fkin about the upper part of the 



here the ftomach is fituated, is baggy, lax, and yield 



body is like the common 



but the reft of 

 They are put to no ufe in Jamaica, where they 



commonly go under the denomination of water-fnakes, to which 

 to give them a fair title. 



fangs leem 



PLAGUSIA i. Subcinerea, caudd attcnuatd impinnd,\ The* little brown Sole 





oculis a Jinijlro. 



with a pointed tail. 



This little hm is very different from the reft of the flat tribe : the cover of the 

 gills is lefs ductile; the branchiojiegeous membrane fuftained by fevcn delicate ofli- 



cles ; and the body, which is flat and tapering, is deftitute both of pectoral and 

 tail- fins, and ends in a (harp point behind, where both margins are lightly covered 

 by a continuation of the back and anal fins. The fides have no remarkable lateral 

 lines, but the fkin is every where covered with minute fcales. 



PLEURONECTES I. Fufcus fubrotundus glaber, oculis 



dextro, lineis jeptemnigns tranjverjalibus inter pen-?" The Flounder 



nam peSioralem & caudam. 



The lateral 1 

 nfverle black 



is very fmall and ftraight in th 



fifli 



d crofted by fe 



formed by fome of thofe fmall fcales that cover the furface 



of the ikin. It is a very delicate fift 



PLEURONECTES 2. Subcinereus oblongus glaber, oculis a 



Jinijlro. 



The Sole: 



Though this fpecies be much fmaller than the foregoing, it is held in equal 

 efteem, and generally thought to be rather more delicate and agreeable. 



PLEURONECTES 3. Subjufcus mifcellus, glaber 



& fubrotundus, oculis a dextro, capitis margined* The Bracket Flounder. 



ciliat 



0. 



This fifh is not (o common as either of the other forts, tho' it is fometimes met 



with in the markets of Jamaica. 

 like the reft of the tribe. 



It is rather fmaller than the foregoing, and eats 





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I PH I A S 1. Rojlro longiori attenuato offeo. 



II. 



Xiphias. Art. Syn. 47. & Will. t. I. 27. 



The Ocean Kine-Fifli. 



This fifli is feldom feen near the more; but is fometimes, though rarely, 

 taken in thofe feas, and much efleemed both for its flavour and delicacy. 



HELOPS I. Rufefcens, iride partim rubra, parti m albidd, 



macula nigra pojt pinnam dorfalem. 



The Hog-Fifli. 



HELOPS 2. Fufco-rufefcens, varie nebulatus. The Hog-Fifh of Cat. ii. t. 1 5. 





Thefe two fpecies are generally confounded under the fame appellation in the 

 markets of Jamaica, though both the colour and fize feem to fhew an eftential 

 difference between them. 



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