216 PLEURONECTES. 



of Cape Cod, the largest brought to market are 

 successfully taken with the line. They are some- 

 times really enormous in size, weighing five hun- 

 dred pounds. 



PLAISE, Platessa Vulgaris. The plaise, 

 much resembling the flounder, is not recognised, 

 generally, as a different fish. It may be known 



TAE PLAISE. 



by small yellowish spots dotted over the back. 

 This fish is uncommonly thin and broad, and has 

 small tubercles, six in number, near the left eye. 



On the authority of Mr Simon E. Green, an ic- 

 thyologist, we are inclined to suppose a fish called 

 the pearl, of Boston, which he assures us he has 

 inspected, and compared with a plate, is that 

 which is named the American turbot, or plaise. 

 Having, however, never seen the pearl, we are 

 unable to decide how much they differ from the 

 European. A gentleman whose observations are 



