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484 = Storer on the ~ 
The Pectorals arise just back of the posterior an- 
gle of the operculum ; length to height as 23 to 7. 
The Ventrals commence on a line opposite the 
base of the pectorals ; the third ray is the longest. 
The Anal fin arises from a line opposite the poste- 
rior portion of the pectorals, and terminates on the 
same plane with the dorsal. Two apertures ante- 
rior to the anal fin; tbe anterior, the anus; the pos- 
terior, the smaller, the urinary outlet. 
The fin rays are: B. 7; D. 99; P. 17; V. 6; A- 
73 ; Ovi . 
Occasionally, reversed specimens of this fish are 
met with; during the last season, I saw in Boston 
market, a fish weighing 103 pounds, with the left 
side colored, bearing the eyes. 
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Generic characters. Color and eyes on the left 
side; teeth in the jaws and pharynz; dorsal fin 
commences anterior to the upper eye; dorsal and 
anal fins extending very nearly to the tail. 
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R. aguosus. Mitchell. _ The Vatery Flounder. 
* Trans. Lit. et Philosoph. Soc. vol. i, p. 389. 
Boston Journal of Natural History, vol. i. p. 351. 
This species, whie has not been noticed in any 
numbers in our waters, until within the last three or 
four years, is known among the fishermen as the 
LT “ Turbot,’ and is sold by them as the “ English 
. Turbot.” It is oftentimes taken in fishing for mack- 
