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Molva vulgaris, Fleiii. (Day, vol. I., p. 204, pi. 



LXXXVI.). The ling. 

 Lota vulgaris, Cuv. (Day, vol. I., p. 308, pi. LXXXVII.). 



The burbot. 

 Motella mustela, Linn. (Day, vol. I., p. 314, pi. 



LXXXVIIL). The five-bearded rockling. 

 Family Ophidiid^, 

 Ammodytes lanceolaius, Lesauv. (Day, vol. I., p. 329, 



pi. XCIL). The greater sand-eel. 

 Ammochjtes tohianus, Linn. (Day, vol. I., p. 331, pi. 



XCIL). The lesser sand-eel. 

 Family PLEURONECTiDiE — the flat fishes. 



A very important family of food fishes. The 



symmetry is so disturbed in the adult that both eyes 



are placed on one, the coloured, side of the body, which 



is uppermost as the fish lies on the sea-bottom. 



Hijjjjoglossoides limandoides (Day, vol. II., p. 9, pi. 



XCV.). Long rough dab. 

 Bhomhus maximus, Linn (Day, vol. II-, p. 11, pi. 



XCVL). The turbot. 

 Bhombus IcBvis, Rondel. (Day, vol. II., p. 14, pi, 



XCVIL). The brill or brett. 

 Bhomhus norvegicus, Gihither (Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., 



vol. XV. (1889), p. 217, pi. IV., fig. C). 



The Norway top-knot. 

 Zeugopteriis unimacidatiis , Risso (Day, vol. II., p. IG, 



pi. XCIX.). Bloch's topknot. 

 Zeugopterus punctatus, Bloch (Day, vol. II., p. 18, 



pi. C). Miiller's topknot. 

 Arnoglossus megastoma, Donovan (Day, vol. II., p. 21, 



pi. XCVIII). The sail fluke. 

 Arnoglossus laterna, Walb. (Day, vol. IL, p. 22, pi. 



XCIX). The megrim. 

 Pleuronectes platessa, Linn. (Day, vol. II. , p. 2G, pi. 



CI.). The plaice. 



