FISHES. 567 



line and the large bright orange spots on the body are 

 good distinguishing characters of this species ; usual 

 length 12 to 18 in. ; varies in colour; height equal to 

 half the length of the body. D. 70 ; A. 50. 

 Common in the Baltic up to Aland, the Cattegat and 

 North Sea. Off the coast of Scania is met with the whole 

 year, and principally caught in April, May, and June. 

 Spawns in March and April. 



There is a larger form in these seas which they call 

 ( ' hansing," from 2 to 3 ft. long, 1 ft. broad, and weighing 

 6 to 7 Ib. These are principally taken off the Scaw in the 

 autumn. 



141. P. FLESUS, L. Skrubb Skadda. The Flounder. 



D. F. 



Lateral line rough ; tail even on the margin ; body 

 more elongated than in the plaice ; colour generally 

 dark brown ; varies much, often spotted, but the spots 

 are always very small and indistinct ; usual length under 

 a foot ; but the larger examples of 14 in. long and about 

 7 in. high,, are called by the fishermen here " skrubb- 

 slatta;" height as one to two in the body length. 

 D. 57; A. 37. 



Is the commonest of all the family, and in these seas the 

 most widely spread, from Scania up into the Gulf of Bothnia 

 on the east, and up to the North Cape on the west. Spawns 

 about April. 



142. P. CYNOGLOSSUS, L. Mare Flundra; Svart Fenad 



Skadda. The Pole. 



Can scarcely be distinguished from the two last 

 species, except by the more oblong oval form of the 

 body, and the lower eye is further advanced ; lateral 

 line altogether straight ; the body is smooth, of a uni- 

 form yellow-brown colour, and the pectoral fin is black 

 on the eye side ; length 1 ft. to 18 in. ; height equal to 

 one-third of the length. D. 110 ; A. 94. 

 The rarest of all the family on these coasts, and has only 

 been taken in the south of the Cattegat ; said to spawn 



