308 DAB FLOUNDER. • Class IV. 



4. Dab. La Limande. Belon, 142. Pleuronectes Limanda. PI. o- 



Passer asper, sive squamosus. culis dextris, squamis cilia- 



Rondel. 31J}. Gesner pise. tis, spinulis ad radicem pin- 



665. narum dorsi, anique. Lin. 



Dab. Wil. Ichih. *]%. Rail syst. 457. Gm. Lin. 1231. 



syn. pise. 32. La Limande. Block ichth. ii. 



Pleuronectes oculis a dextra, 42. tab. 46. 



squamis asperis, spina ad De la Cepede Hist, des Pois~ 



anum, dentibus obtusis. sons. iv. 621. 

 Arted. synon. 33. 



JlHE dab is found with the other species, but 

 is less common. It is in best season during 

 February, March, and April: it spawns in 

 May and June, and becomes flabby and watery 

 the rest of summer. It is superior in good- 

 ness to the plaise and flounder, but far inferior 

 in size. 

 Descrip- It is generally of an uniform brown color on 

 the upper side, though sometimes clouded with 

 a darker. The scales are small and rough, 

 which is a character of this species. The lateral 

 line is extremely incurvated at the beginning, 

 then goes quite strait to the tail. The lower 

 part of the body is white. 



TION. 



