FISHES. THORACICI. 18. Sparus. 97 



the dorfal and anal fins covered with fcales nearly to the middle : 

 dorfal-fin 97-rayed ; pectoral 10 : ventral 8; anal 83; tail rounded, 

 17-rayed. 



a3. PI. Arnoglossus. White, transparent, very thin, with 

 small very deciduous scales. 



Smooth Sole. Pernant Brit. Zoo 1. iii. p. 233. a. 108. 



B. Eyes both on the left side of the head. 



54. PI. tubercnMus. Body nearly circular, grey-brown 

 with blackish variations, rough with horny tu- 

 bercles. 



Turbot. Donovan's Fishes t. 46. Shaw Zoo\. iv. t. 45. 



Body growing to a large size, covered with obtufe spinous tuber- 

 ties: head broad, lower-jaw longer: lateral-line in the middle, 

 arched over the pectoral-fin : fins yellowish, with black marks: 

 dorsal-Jin 6orayed ; pectoral 12; ventral 6 anal 43; tat! rounded, 

 17-rayed. 



55. PI. Rhombus. Rhombic, brown with dusky and white 

 spots, smooth: 4 first rays of the dorsal-fin rami- 

 fied, with the membrane lacerated between each 

 branch. 



Pearl, Brill. Sowerby Brit. Mifcel. t. 50. Donovan t. 95. 



Body refembling the Turbot, but is of a fmaller size, and without 

 the fpinous tubercles; the fcales are alfo larger: dorfal-fin 71- 

 rayed ; pectoral 12 ; ventral 6 ; anal 57 ; tail rounded, i6-rayed. 



36. PL Megastoma. Oblong, livid-brown with black 

 marks : mouth large , the lower-jaw protruded : la- 

 teral-line much curved over the pectoral-fin. 



Whiff. Donovan's Fishes iii. tab. 51. 



Body thick, with large rough fcales: head elongated : tongue su- 

 bulate-conic, white : iris yellowish, pupil black : mouth full of 

 finall teeth : fins wider in the middle, fpotted with black ; 

 dorfal-fin S^-rayed ; pectoral 13; ventral 5; anal 6 1 tail rounded, 

 fcaly at the bafe, ig-rayed. 



57. PI. Cyclops. Brown with dusky ocellate spots : dor- 

 sal and anal-fins pointed in the middle: lei i eye placed 

 in the angle of the head, and visible on both surfaces 

 of the body . 



Cyclops Flounder. Donovan's Fishes tab. 90. 



Body roundish, fmooth, brown with dusky fpots inclofed in a 

 whitish circle : lateral-line much curved over the pectoral-Sn : 

 middle-rays of the dorsal And anal-Jins longer than the rest, and end- 

 ing in a point : left eye vertical, and visible on the under side of the 

 body : dorsal-Jin 66-rayed ; pectoral 11 ; Central 7 j anal 32 : tail 

 rounded, i6-rayed. 



18. SPARU8. Gilthead. 



."is. Sp. Aurata. Over the eyes 2 pale semilnnar spots 

 edged with gold : behind the head each side a 

 blackish-purple round spot intersected 1>y the late- 

 ral line. 



Lunulated Gilthead. Donovan t. 89. Block t. 266. 



Body growing to 6 or 8 pounds weight, silvery inclining to red 

 on the back : iris silvery : head glossed with gold, especially at the 

 lower futures of the gill-covers : tail with fometimes a black fpot 

 near it: dorsal-fin 4-rayed ; pectoral ji; ventral 6 ; anfl 14; 

 caudal i6-rayed. 



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