WHIFF. 251 



SUBBRACHIAL 



MALACOPTERYGII. PLEUEOISECTIDM. 





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THE WHIFF. 



THE CARTER, Comwall. 



Rhombus jnegastoma , Whiff, Yarrell. 



,, „ La Cardine, Cuvier, Regne An. t. li. p. 341. 



Passer Cornubiensis, Whiff, Ray, Syn. p. 163, fig. 2. 

 Pleuronectespseudopalus, ,, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 324, pi. 52. 



,, megastoma, ,, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 51. 



,, ,, „ Flem. Brit. An. p. 196, sp. 98. 



The Whiff appears to have been first described and 

 figured by Ray from Mr. Jago''s Catalogue of Cornisli Fishes, 

 which is introduced, with short notices and representations, in 

 Ray"'s Synopsis. This fish seems to occur more frequently 

 in Cornwall than on any other part of our coast. Mr. 

 Couch says, " This species is well known to the Cornish 

 fishermen, who apply the name of Carter to it. It keeps on 

 sandy ground, at no great distance from land, and takes a 

 bait, so that it is caught as often as any of the salt-water 

 Flatfishes ; but it is not highly esteemed for the table, chief- 

 ly from being so thin." 



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