Class IV. PEARL FLOUNDER. S21 



La Barbue. Belon, 137. corpore glabro. Arted. Syn. 9. Peart,. 



Rhombus laevis. Rondel. 312. 31. 



Gesner pise. 662. Pleuronectes Rhombus. Lin. 

 Schlichbutt. Schonevelde, 60. Syst. 458. Gm. Lin. 1236. 



Rhombus non aculeatus squa- Gronov. Zooph. No. 14(). 



mo9us the Pearl. Londinens. Pigghvarf. It. W. Goth. 178. 



Cornub. Lug-aleqf. Wil. La Barbue. Block ichth. ii. 34. 



Ichth. 95. Rail Syn. pise. tab. 43. 



31. La Pleuronecte carralet. De la 

 Pleuronectes oculis a sinistris, Cepede Hist, des Poissoyis. 



iv. 649. 



J-T is frequently found in the London markets, 



but is inferior to the turbot in goodness. 



The irides are yellow; the skin is covered Descrip- 

 tion. 

 with small scales, but is quite free from any 



spines or inequalities. " The color of the 



upper side is brown of different shades, more 



or less distinctly marbled or spotted in different 



specimens, generally with large and small spots 



of a deeper color, and many very small white 



dots irregularly sprinkled over the surface; 



the under side is of a pure white and scaly. 



The side line much bent near the head ; the 



dorsal and anal fins less arched than those of 



the turbot ; the tail rounded. Its proportional 



breadth fifty-six;* its body therefore narrower 



* See Appendix No. IV. Ed. 

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