98 CATALOGUE OF BRITISH FISH. 



. PLATESSA. 



Platessa, Cuv. Reg. An. ii. 338. 

 Pleuronectes, p., Linn. 



* Platessa, Bonap. Pesc. Eur.-^. 48.* 



Glyptocephalus, p. Gottsche. Wiegm. Arch. 1835. 



1. Platessa vulgaris. The Common Plaice. B. M. 



Platessa vulgaris, Flem. Brit. An. 198. Jenyns, Man. 454. Yarr. 



Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. 297. Parn. Wern. ilfem. vii. 361, t. 



37. Bonap. Pesc. Eur. 48.* 

 Pleuronectes Platessa, Liiin. Si/st. Nat. t. 1, p. 456. Bloch, Ichth. 



pi. 42. Blorh, Schneid. Syst. Ichth. 144. Lacep. Poiss. iv. 



628. Don. Brit. Fish. i. pi. 6. Turt. Brit. Faun. 96. 

 Passer Bellonii, Will Hist. Pise. 96, t. F. 3. 

 Var. ? Pleuronectes borealis, Fah. Isis, 1828? 

 Var. ? Platessa Pseudoflesus, Gottsche, Wiegm. Arch. 1835, 135, 



143? 

 Plaise, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 199. Id. (edit. 1812), iii. 304. 

 Diamond Plaice. Local variety. Sussex. 

 Fluke. Scotland. 

 Dutch Plaise. Local name. 



Hab. — Coast. 



Skins. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H, F. Spence, R.N. 

 Firth of Forth. 



2. Platessa Flesus. The Flounder. B. M. 



Platessa Flesus, Flem. Brit. An. 198. Jen. Man. 455. Yarr. Brit. 



Fish. 2nd edit. ii. 303, 320 (Skeleton). Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. 



363, t. 37. Bonap. Pesc. Eur. 48* 

 Pleuronectes Flesus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 457. Block, Ichth. pi. 44. 



Block, Schneid. Syst. Ichth. 146. Lacep. Poiss. iv. 633. Don. 



Brit. Fish. iv. pi. 94. Turt. Brit. Faun. 96. 

 Var. Pleuronectes passer. Block, t. 50. 

 Var. Pleuronectes roseus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. vii. pi. 238, Zool. iv. 



t. 43.* 

 Passer fluviatilis. Will. Hist. Pise. 98, t. F. 5. 



