TURBOT. 



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SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



PLEURONECTIDM. 



THE TURBOX- 



RAWN FLEUK, AND BANNOCK FT.EUK, Scotland. 



Rhombus maximns, Le Turbot, Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 340. 



,, ,, Turbot, WiLLUGHBY, p. 94, F. 2. 



Pleuronectes ,, Linn^us. Block, pt. ii. pi. 49. 



,, ,, Turbot, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 315, pi. 49. 



„ ,, ,, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 46. 



„ ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 196, sp. 96. 



Generic Characters. — Colour and eyes on the left side ; teeth in the jaws 

 and pharynx ; dorsal fin commencing anterior to the upper eye ; dorsal and 

 anal fins extending very nearly to the tail. 



The Turbot, so well known, so highly and so justly 

 esteemed, is considered the best, as it is also one of the 

 largest, of our Flatfishes ; and, like the Salmon, notwith- 

 standing its great excellence, and the immense numbers 

 that are caught in various ways, it is still in great abundance, 

 but not equally so on all parts of the coast. 



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