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HIPPOGLOSSrS. 



"When the vent lies toward the observer, the eyes are directed 

 toward the right; a double row of teeth in the upper jaw; no teeth 

 m the palate; gape wide. The dorsal fin begins above the eye: lateral 

 line arched at its beginning. 



HOLIBUT. 



LADYFLUKE. 



Hippoglossus, WiLLorGnBT; p. 99, pi. f. 6, 



Pleuronedes hippoglossiis, liisyjs.us. Doxovan; pi. 7.5. 



Pleuronede fietan, Lacepel'E. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris, Fleming ; British Animals, p. 199, 



Jenyns; Manual, p. 460. 

 " " Yaheell; British Fishes, vol. ii., 



p. 323. 

 ** Gunthee; Catalogue Br. Museum, 



vol. iv., p. 403. 



This species is a native of the deeper water which, lies to the 

 north of Europe and America, but it wanders to the south so 

 far as to be met with at times on all the coasts of the British 

 Islands; where, however, it is scarcely sought after, nor is it 

 regarded as a very valuable prize when caught. AVhen of 

 moderate size indeed, as three or four feet in length, they are 

 palatable food, but when of the magnitude they often reach they 

 are not esteemed for the table with us — except perhaps the 

 head, which is represented as being a delicacy. But in Green- 

 land, where it is common, this fish is greatly valued; and this, 

 perhaps, for the very jDroperties which cause it to be generally 

 banished from fashionable tables in Britain; and by fishermen 

 of those northern regions a regular arrangement is practised for 

 procuring it. This we learn from Lacepede, who particularly 



