PLEURONECTJD.E. 



SUBBRACHIAL 



MALACOPTERYCIL PLEURONECTIDA. 



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LONG ROUGH DAB. 



SANDNECKER. SAND FLEUK, AND LONG FLEUK, Edinb. 



Platessa limanddides, Sandviecker , JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 459, sp. 146. 

 Pleuronectes PARNELL, Edinb. Phil. Journ. July 1835, 



p. 210. 

 ,, Long Rough Dab, BLOCK, pt. vi. pi. 186. 



THE LONG ROUGH DAB is a very recent addition to 

 the catalogue of British Fishes. The first notice I had 

 of the occurrence of this species on our coast was in the 

 autumn of 1883, from Dr. John Harwood, of St. Leonard's, 

 near Hastings, who had seen a specimen that was taken 

 on the Sussex coast. In the summer of 1834 I received 

 two specimens from Dr. George Johnston of Berwick, which 

 had been taken in that vicinity. In May 1835 I was 

 favoured by Dr. Parnell with the largest specimen I have 

 yet seen, measuring fifteen inches ; who, at the same time, 

 sent me word they were to be had frequently in the Frith 



