428 FISHES. SUBRACHIATI. 



Gen. 13. RHOMBUS, Cuv. Pleuroncctes, Lin. 

 Jaws and pharynx with numerous slender pointed teeth ; dorsal 

 fin rising from the margin of the upper jaw, and running, as 

 well as the anal, almost to the tail ; eyes in the greater num- 

 ber sinistral. 



R. maximus, Cuv. The Turhot. Body rhomboidal, almost as broad 

 as long, dark brown above, marbled with blackish spots, white 

 beneath ; skin wrinkled, with numerous pointed tubercles or 

 abrupt spines ; lateral line arched over the pectoral fins ; eyes 

 approaching. 2 feet and upwards long. Inhabits Northern and 

 Mediterranean seas. B Shaw, iv. pi. 45. 



R. lazvis, Rond. (P. nudus, Risso.) The Brill ; in Scotland the 

 Bonnet Fluke. Body broad, glabrous, without tubercles ; pale 

 brown, spotted with rufous and yellow, white beneath ; under jaw 

 longest ; eyes approaching ; lateral line arched over the pectoral 

 fins. Smaller than the turbot. Inhabits Northern and Medi- 

 terranean seas. B Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 321. 



R. megastoma, (P. megastoma, Donov.) Body oblong, brown above, 

 clouded with dusky shades, below reddish white ; mouth large ; 

 the under jaw longest ; lateral line tuberculated, arched near its 

 origin ; dorsal and anal fins broadest in the middle. 18 inches 

 long. Inhabits British seas. Donov. Brit. Fishes, pi. 51. 



R. punctatus, Cuv. Body broad, black above, with black spots and 

 smaller interspersed red ones ; scales small, rough, denticulated ; 

 dorsal and anal fins broadest posteriorly ; jaws nearly equal. 5 

 inches long. British seas. Fleming, Phil. Zool. pi. 3, fig. 2. 



R. podas, Cuv. (P. podas, Laroche.) Body oval, brown above, 

 white below, without spines, marked by whitish ocellated spots ; 

 pectoral fins short, equal. 8 inches long, Inhabits Mediterra- 

 nean sea. An. Mus. xiii. pi. 24, fig. 14. 



R. Argus, Cuv. Body yellowish white above, with numerous ocel- 

 lated spots, yellow in the centre, and margined with blue; eyes 

 distant ; tail rounded. S. American seas. Catesby, Car. pi. 27- 



Gen. 14. SOLEA, Cuv. Pleuronectes, Lin. 

 Mouth twisted to the side opposite to the eyes ; jaws destitute 

 of teeth on the eye side ; body oblong ; dorsal fin commencing 

 at the mouth and running, as well as the anal fin, to the tail ; 

 lateral line straight. 



.S. vulgaris, Cuv. The Sole. Body brown above, white beneath 

 with rough scales, and upper jaw longest ; pectoral fins tipped 

 with black. 1 to 2 feet long. European seas. B. Block, pi. 45. 



S. lingula, Hanmer. Body oblong, light brown, tinged with red 

 above ; scales ciliated, rough ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins marked 

 with brown or blackish spots ; lateral fine straight. 6^ inches 

 long. Common near Plymouth. Pen. Brit. Zool. iii. pi. 48. 



S. ocellata, (P. Rondeletii, Shaw.) Body brownish above, with large 



