Class IV. PEARL FLOUNDER. 



La Barbue. Belon, 137. 

 Rhombus laevis. Rondel. 312. 



Gesner pise. 662. 

 Schlichbutt. Schonevelde, 60. 

 Rhombus non aculeatus squa- 



mosus the Pearl. Londinens. 



Cornnb. Lug-aleaf. Wil. 



Ichth. 95. Raii Syn. pise. 



31. 

 Pleuronectes oculis a sinistris> 



corpore glabro. Arted. Syn. 9. Pearl, 



31. 

 Pleuronectes Rhombus. Lin. 



Syst. 458. Gm. Lin. 1236. 



Gronov. Zooph. No. 14g. 

 Pigghvarf. It. W. Goth, 178. 

 La Barbue. Block ichth. ii. 34. 



tab. 43. 

 La Pleuronecte carralet. De la 



Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



iv. 649. 



JlT is frequently found in the London markets, 

 but is inferior to the turbot in goodness. 



The irides are yellow; the skin is covered 

 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. 

 VOL. III. Y 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



