211. FlSHl.S. 



P. platessa, Cuv. ; Bl. 42 ; Pleuroneetes platessa, L. ; the Car- 

 relet{a) of the French. (The Plaice). Easily recognized by six or 

 seven tubercles, forming a line on the straight side of its head, be- 

 tween the eyes, and by the pale yellow spots which relieve the brown 

 on the same side of the body. Its height is but one-third of its 

 length. Its flesh is considered more tender than that of any of this 

 subgenus *. 



P. latus, Cuv. (The Broad Plaice). Has the same tubercles as 

 the preceding, but the body is only once and a half as long as it is 

 high. It is sometimes taken on the coast of France, though rarely. 



P. flesus, L. ; Bl. 44, and 50, under the name of PI. passerj-. 

 (The Flounder). Nearly similar in form to the platessa, but with 

 lighter spots; more granules on the salient line of the head; a small 

 rough button on the base of each ray along the whole of the dorsal 

 and anal ; lateral line covered with roughened scales. This species 

 ascends rivers to a great distance, and individuals are frequently 

 found turned. 



P. pola, Cuv, ; P'raie Limandelle, Duham. Sect. IX, pi. vi, f. 3 

 and 4. The form oblong and approaching that of the Sole, although 

 wider, and distinguished from other Plaice with trenchant teeth, by 

 a smaller head and mouth ; body smooth, and lateral line straight. 

 It is considered in France equal to the Sole. 



P. limanda, L. ; Bl. 46. (The Dab). Form rhomboidal, like 

 that of the Flounder; eyes large, with a salient line between them; 

 the lateral line strongly curved above the pectoral: scales rougher 

 than those of the preceding, whence its French name Limande,{\\-om 

 lima, file); the teeth on a single range as in other Plaice, but narrower 

 and almost linear; the side on which the eyes are placed is of a 

 light brown, with some faded brown and whitish spots;};. 



HivpoGLOssus, Cuv., 



Have the shape and tins of a Plaice, with the jaws and pharynx armed 

 with teeth, which are most commonly strong and pointed; the form is 

 usually more oblong. 



P. hippoglossus, L. ; Bl. 47. (The Holibut). Eyes on the right 

 side ; lateral line arcuated above the pectoral. From the North Seas, 

 .where it attains a length of six or seven feet, and weighs from three 



(a) N. B. The name of Carrelet or petit Carreau has been applied by some authors 

 to the P. rh-mihus, but contrary to the custom of our sea-ports and markets. The 

 true Carrelet i^ a young Plaice. 



* It would ap])e;ir that there is a very large Plaice found in the North, which, 

 in some respects, diilers from that taken on the coast of France, and chiefly 

 in the spine, which, behind tlie anus, lies buried under the skin — it is the PL borealis, 

 Faber, I sis, tom. XXI, p. 868. 



f The PI passer of Artedi and Linnaeus does not differ from the Turbot; that of 

 Bloch is only an old Flounder turned to the left. 



+ Add, Pleitr. planus, Mitch.;— P/ewr. stellntus, Pall., Mem. Ac. Petersb. Ill, x, 1. 



