FISHES, 609 
shark, or-a file-fish, will add greatly to the excitement; and if the 
‘dogs’ should be at all plentiful, it is a chance if a single fish be got 
out of the sea in its integrity. So voracious are these Squalide, that 
I have often enough pulled a mere skeleton into the boat, instead of 
a plump cod of ten or twelve pounds weight.” 
The Dab, ?. dimanda (Fig. 389), is very common in the markets 
Fig. 389.—The Dab (Platessa limanda). 
of Paris, where it is held in great esteem. It takes itsname Limanda 
from the’ hard and dentate scales on its body. It has jaws fur- 
nished with a single row of obtuse teeth ; the dorsal fin only extends 
in front to a line with the eye, leaving an interval between it and the 
caudal. The form of the body is rhomboidal, as in the turbot, and 
the eyes are usually on the right side. 
The Holibut, Hippoglossus vulgaris (Fig. 390), is a large fish, 
inhabiting the seas of Northern Europe and Greenland, where it is 
occasionally caught measuring seven feet, and weighing from 300 
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