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PLEUllONECTlDiE. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



PLEURONECTIDjE. 



THE HOLIBUT. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris, Halibut, Flem. Brit. An. p. 199, sp. 108. 



,, ,, Fletan, Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 340. 



„ „ ,, WlLLUGHBY, p. 99, F. 6. 



Pleuronectes hippoglossus, ,, LiNNa;us. Block, pt. li. pi. 47. 



,, ,, Halibut, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 302. 



„ ,, „ Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 75. 



Generic Characters. — With both eyes and the colour on the right side in the 

 British specimen of this genus, and with fins similar to those of the species 

 of the genus P/ffitessa— the jaws and the pharynx are armed with teeth that 

 are sharper and stronger, and the form of the body is more elongated. 



The Holibut is one of the largest species of the Pleu- 

 ronectidce, but its capture is principally confined to the 

 Northern fisheries : it is noticed by Pennant in his Arctic 

 Zoology, and is well known on the coasts of Norway, Ice- 

 land, and Greenland. It is usually caught with lines and 

 hooks. The Greenlanders eat the flesh of this fish both 

 fresh and dried, for which latter purpose it is cut into long 

 slips and exposed to the air. They are fished for success- 



