FLOUNDEK, 



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SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYGTl. 



PLEURONFXTID^.. 



THE FLOUNDER. 



FLOOR, Merret. — mayock fleuke, Edinh. — butt. 



Platessaflesus, Flounder, Flem. Brit. An. p. 198, sp. 104. 

 ,, ,, Le Flet^ Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 339. 



Pleuronectesjiuviatilis, Fluke, Willughby, p. 97, F. 4. 



,, flesus, ,, LiNN^us. Bloch, pt. ii. pi. 44 & 50. 



,, ,, Flounder, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 305. 



„ „ Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 94. 



The Flounder is one of the most common of the Flat- 

 fish, and is found in the sea and near the mouths of large 

 rivers all round our coast, being more particularly abundant 

 where the bottom is soft, whether of sand, clay, or mud. 

 All the bays, creeks, and inlets of Orkney produce it, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Low ; and it is taken in abundance in different 

 parts of Scotland, where it is called Fluke and Mayock 

 Fleuke, — a term having reference to the flattened form of 

 the fish. It is common at Berwick and Yarmouth, at Avhich 



