96 FISHES. THORACIC!. 11. Pleuroneele*. 



the bafe : . dorsal-Jin 101 -rayed ; pectoral 14; ventral 5; anal 73; 

 caudal i7-rayed. 



47. PL Platessa. Smooth, brownish with round fulvous 

 spots : head with a row of 6 tubercles reaching to the 

 lateral- line. 



Plaise. Donovan's Fishes t. 6. Shaw ZooL iv. t. 43. 



Body growing to 15 or 16 pounds weight, clothed with thin 

 foft fcalcs, and marked with numerous dark orange fpots : head 

 covered with firm fcalcs, each placed in its proper bed : mouth 

 fmall, lower-jaw longer : teeth finall, obtufe : lateral-line straight, 

 in the middle: ana\-Jin with a large fpine before it : tail rounded; 

 fcaly at the bafe, the rays longer than the membrane ; dorsal-Jin 72- 

 rayed ; pectoral 10; ventral 5; anal 54 ; caudal i8-rayed. 



48. PI. Limanda. Brownish, with rough scales : lateral- 

 line arched over the pectoral fin. 



Dab. Donovan's Fishes t. 44. Block t. 46. 



Body 3 or 4 pounds weight, with foft oblong fcales, pale brown, 

 beneath white : head fmall : eyes large : dorsal-Jin 73-rayed ; pec- 

 toral 11 ; ventral 6 ; anal 53 ; tail nearly even, 15 rayed, 



49. PI. microcephulus. Dark brown, with rather smooth 

 scales: head small, mouth diminutive: lateral-line 

 a little curved over the pectoral fin. 



Smear-dab. Donovan's Fishes tab, 42. 



Body above dusky-brown, beneath white, without fpots : mouth 

 very minute, with the lips a little protruded :fns yellowish-brown; 

 dorsal go-rayed; pectoral 7; ventral 6; anal 73; tail rounded, 

 i7-rayed. 



50. PI. tens. Yellowish-brown, with quite smooth 

 scales : beneath white with 5 dusky spots. 



Smooth Dab. Br. Zool. n. 105. Ray syn.pisc. 162. /. i. 



Body afoot and a half long, 11 inches broad, light brown obfcurely 

 fpotted with yellow : head fmall : eyes near each other : mouth filled 

 with fmall teeth: lateral-line much curved over the pectoral fin ; 

 dorsal-fin 79-rayed. 



51. PI. Fltsus. Brown, with the lateral-line rough : at 

 the base of the fins a series of asperities. 



Flounder. Block t. 44. Donovan t. 94. 



Body growing to 5 or 6 pounds weight, covered with thin oblong 

 fcales, above dull brown with lighter or rofy vaiiations, beneath 

 dirty-white : month fmall, the lower-jaw longer : gill-covers ending 

 in an obtufe fpinc ; lateral-line with aiowof fmall fpines, curved 

 ov^r the pectoral fin : fins mostly fpotted with black, between the 

 anal and ventral a strong fpine : dorsal-Jin ^-rayed ; pectoral u ; 

 ventral 6; anal 39 ; tail a little rounded, i Stayed. 



2. Body rofo-colour, with pale yellow-brown fins. 

 Rofe-coloured Flounder. Shaw ZooL iv. f. 43*. 



Bodv about 9 inches long, with a slight yellowish tinge in fotne 

 parts, in others with silvery white, beneath nearly white, without 

 fcalcs, but marked with minute fcalc-like reticulations, and without 

 roughnefs : lateral-line neatly straight : dorsal-fin 6o-rayed ; pec- 

 toral 12 ; ventral 7 ; anal 42 ; tail a little rounded, zorayed. 



52. PI, Solen. Brown, oblong, with rough scales : upper- 

 jaw longer : upper pectoral fin tipt with black. 



Sole. Donovan's Fishes t. 62. Bloch t. 45. 



Body fometimes growing to 2 feet long, above olive-brown, be- 

 neath white, covered with fmall oblong fcales ending in numerons 

 fpines : jaws bearded with fmall white cirri, the upper lunate, 

 Jowcr with fmall moveable teeth : gill-cover rounded of one piece : 

 lateral-line straight, nearer the back : vent nearer the head : rays of 



