Class IV. RED BACK FLOUNDER. 313 



Pleuronectes Lingula. PI. ocu- Solea parva seu Lingula. Ron- 7- Red Back. 



lisdextris, corpore lingulato, del. 324. 



squamis ciliatis, linea late- Gesner pise. 66g. 



rali recta. E.Hanmer. Mss. Raii syn. pise. 34. 



TION 



" -DODY, tongue-shaped (lingulatum) rather Descrip- 



thick and fleshy at the edges ; color of the upper 



side a very light brown, tinged with red ; the 



scales shewing a pattern, something like that of 



the sole, though in proportion coarser ; the 



dorsal, anal, and caudal fins marked with brown 



or blackish spots, which extend some lines to 



the body of the fish ; scales rough, fringed at 



the outer edge with red transparent points ; the 



eyes and mouth, both in shape and position, 



resemble those parts in the sole ; the side line 



from its commencement near the gills to its 



termination at the tail quite straight; the dorsal 



fin, which originates near the right eye, and 



extends nearly to the tail, consists of about 



sixty-eight rays ; the tail rounded. The length 



of a specimen from the coast near Plymouth, 



was six inches and three quarters, the breadth 



two inches and an half. 



" As in general character it much resembles 

 the sole, it may be worth while to observe, that it 

 differs from that fish — 1, In color. — 2, In shape, 



