50& 



DAB FLOUNDER. Class IV. 



4, Dab- 



Descrip- 

 tiox. 



La Limande. Belon, 142. 

 Passer asper, sive squamosus. 



Rondel. 31Q. Gesner pise. 



665. 

 Dab. Wil. Ichth. 7Q. Raii 



syn. pise. 32. 

 Pleuronectes oculis a dextra, 



squamis asperis, spina ad 



anum, dentibus obtusis. 



Arted. synon. 33. 



Pleuronectes Limanda. PI. o- 

 culis dextris, squamis cilia- 

 tis, spinulis ad radicem pin- 

 narum dorsi, anique. Lin. 

 syst. 457- Gm. Lin. 1231. 



La Limande. Block ichth. ii. 

 42. tab. 46. 



De la Cepede Hist, des Pels- 

 sons. iv. 621. 



JL HE 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. 



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. 



