300 LONG DAB. 



pretty near each other : the mouth full of small 

 teeth : the lateral line was much incurvated for the 

 first two inches from its origin, then continued 

 strait to the tail : the back was covered with small 

 smooth scales, was of a light brown colour, ob- 

 scurety spotted with yellow : the belly white, and 

 marked with five large dusky spots : it was a fish 

 of goodness equal to the common Dab." 



LONG DAB. 



Pleuronectes Limandoides. P.fusco-flavescens, squamis magnis 



asperis> tinea laterali lafa, recta. 

 Yellowish-brown Flounder, with large rough scales, and strait, 



broad lateral line. 

 Pleuronectes Limandoides. P. corpore oblongo asperoque, linea 



laterali recta lataque. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1232. Block. 



t. 186. 



OF a much longer shape than the Dab, and 

 more approaching to that of the sole : colour pale 

 ferruginous brown above, white beneath : scales 

 larger in proportion than those of the common 

 Dab, and rough : lateral line strait and broad : eyes 

 large ; mouth wide, and beset with several rows of 

 small teeth: dorsal and anal fins moderately broad : 

 tail rounded at the end. It is an inhabitant of 

 the northern seas, and like others of this genus, 

 commonly lies at the bottom, where it preys on 

 small crabs, &c. and is in considerable estimation 

 as a food. 



