Fishes of Massachusetts. 475 
The Anal fin arises some distance back of the 
second dorsal, and terminates on the same plane with 
that fin; the ten or eleven first rays of this fin are 
the largest; they diminish as the fin approaches the 
extremity of the fish; this fin, as a whole, is not as 
high as the opposite dorsal. 
The Caudal fin, in its length, from the extremity 
of the lateral line, is to its width at the extremity as 
3 to 5. 
The fin rays are: D. 10-54; P. 17; V. 1; A. 
48:0. 21. 
FAwiLy Il. 
PLANI. 
Puatessa. Ouv. 
Generic characters. Body rhomboidal, depressed ; 
both eyes on the right side of the head, one above 
the other ; a row of teeth in each jaw, with others on 
the pharyngeal bones; dorsal fin commencing over 
the upper eye, that fin and the anal fin extending 
nearly the whole length of the body, but neither of 
them joined to the tail ; branchiostegous rays 6. 
P. plana. Mitchell. The Flounder of Massa- 
chusetts. 
Trans. Lit. et Philosoph. Soc. N. Y. vol. i. p. 387. 
This fish, which Mitchell calls the ** New York 
Flatfish,” is generally known by our fishermen as 
the * Flounder.” It is taken in considerable quan- 
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