214 PLEURONECTID^. 



The fin-rays in number are — 



D. 73 : P. 11 : V. 6 : A. 55 : C. 16. 



The body is smooth on both sides, the scales small ; the 

 colour of the upper or right side a rich brown, with a row of 

 bright orange red spots along the dorsal and anal fins, and 

 other spots of the same colour dispersed over tlie body ; the 

 under side entirely white. Young Plaice have frequently 

 a dark spot in the centre of the red one. 



The fishes of this first division of the Pleuronectidce with 

 the eyes and the colour on the right side of the body are fur- 

 ther distinguished by the term dextral fishes. 



