296 SMALLER HOLIBUT. 



parison with many others of this genus : yet those 

 which are young, or of moderate size, are in some 

 degree of esteem, the part of the body nearest the 

 fins being considered as far superior to the rest of 

 the animal. In the London markets this fish is 

 usually cut into large pieces when exposed to sale : 

 the Greenlanders are said to cut it into thin slips, 

 which they dry in the sun, and thus preserve for 

 winter use. 



SMALLER HOLIBUT. 



Pleuronectes Cynoglossus. P. oculis dextris, corpore oblongo 

 glabroj dentibus obtusis, cauda subrotunda. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 456. 



Flounder with smooth oblong body, obtuse teeth, and roundish 

 tail. 



EXTREMELY allied to the preceding, of which it 

 may, perhaps, be rather considered as a variety 

 than a truly distinct species : length somewhat 

 more than two feet : lateral line oblique, but not 

 bowed or curved : native of the northern seas, and 

 found in considerable numbers in the deep bays 

 about the coasts of Greenland : said to be superior 

 to the common Holibut as an article of food. 



