196 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Pleuronectes. 



Length about 2 feet. Body lengthened ; grey above, white beneath. 

 Head flat, broad ; the mouth wide ; the lower jaw longest ; 1st D. 9, 2d D. 40, 

 P. 12, V. 7? A. 39. The second dorsal and anal fins are long, and the rays 

 nearly of equal length. This fish is caught in vast quantities in the summer 

 months, and used fresh or salted for exportation. 



Gen. XLVI. PLEURONECTES. Turbot.— Mouth entire ; 

 teeth numerous, slender. Lateral line curved. Eves on 

 the left side. 



96. P. maxknus. Common Turbot. — The upper and un- 

 der surfaces beset with acute tubercles ; scales small. 



Rhombus, 3Ierr. Pin. 189 — R. maximus asper. Will. Ich. 94 R. acu- 



leatus, Sibb. Fife, 119 — Pleur. max- Linn. Syst. i. 459. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. 233. — S, Gunner-Heuk, Raun-fleuk, Bannock-fleuk. — Common. 

 Length upwards of 2 feet. Weight sometimes exceeding 20 pounds. Out- 

 line of the body sub-circular. Colour above, yellowish, clouded with brown ; 

 below white. The tubercles are largest on the upper surface. D. 60, P. 12, 

 "V. 6, A. 43, C. 17- The flesh of this species is held in great estimation, and 

 extensive fisheries, by hook and line, are conducted on diftei^ent parts of the 

 coast. The bait consists of portions of hen-ing, haddock, muscles, or limpets, 

 as fresh as possible. 



97. P- Rhombus. Brill. — Body broad, glabrous ; lower jaw 

 longest. 



Rhombus laevis, Jago, Ray Syn. Pise. 162. — Bonnet flook, Sibb. Fife, 120 



P. Rh. Linn. Syst. i. 458.-1 Pearl, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 238 — Bril, Dm. 

 Brit. Fishes, t. 951 — E, Bril, Pearl, Kite; S, Bannet-fleuk Com- 

 mon. 

 Less than the turbot. Colour above fuscous, spotted with brown, yellow 

 and white. The soft smooth skin is the peculiar character of the species. D. 

 65, P. 11, V. C, A. 48, C. 16 — This species occasionally enters the estuaries of 

 the laro-er rivers. The Rhombus non aculeatus squamosus of Will. Ich. (the 

 IjUTaleaf of Cornwall), is probably the same as the BriU, though the eyes are 

 stated to be placed on the left side of the mouth. 



98. p. Megastoma. Whiff. — Body oblong. Mouth large ; 

 lower jaw longest. Lateral line tuberculated, greatly arched 

 near its origin. Dorsal and anal fins broadest in the middle. 



Rhombus aculeatus. Will. Ich. 93. — Passer Cornubiensis asper, magno 

 oris hiatu, Jago, Ray Syn. Pise. 163.— Whiff, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 238. 

 — P. meg. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. 51. — South coast of England. 

 Length about 18 inches. Colour above brown, clouded with darker shades ; 

 below reddish-white. Eyes large, elevated ; irides yellow. Tail slightly round- 

 ed. D. 85,P. 13, V. 5, A. 61, C. 19.~This species "has been confounded, by se- 

 veral authors, with the following, from which, however, in many particulars, 

 it is sufficiently distinguished. 



99. P. puncfatus. Top-knot. — Body roundish, rough, with 

 small denticulated scales. Dorsal and anal fins broadest near the 

 retral extremity. Jaws nearly equal. 



