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PLEURONECTID.E. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOFTERYGII. 



PLEURONECTID^. 









LONG ROUGH DAB. 



SANDNECKER. SAND FLEUK, AND LONG FLEUK, Edinb. 



Platessa limandoides, Sandnecker, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 459, sp. 146. 

 P leuronectes „ „ Parnell, Edinb. Phil. Journ. July 1835, 



p. 210. ■ 

 ,, ,, Long Rough Dab, Bloch, 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 1888, 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 



