Class IV. FLOUNDER. 229 



LeFIez. Belon, 141. nulis fupine ad Radices pin- 104. Flgun- 



PafTeris tertia fpecies. Rondely narum, dentibus obtufis. der, 



319. Gefner pifc. 666, 670. Arted. fynon, 31. 



Struff-butte. Schone^veUey 62. Plueronedes Flefus. Lin. 

 Flounder, Fluke, or But. Jyfi. ^^y^ Gronoqj. Zooph.. . . 



Wil. Icth. 980. Rail fyn. No. 248. 



pifc. 32. Flundra, Slatt-lkadda, Faun^ 

 Pleuronedes oculis a dextris, Suec. No. 327. 



linea lateral! aipera, ipi- 



THE flounder inhabits every part of the Bntijls 

 Tea, and even frequents our rivers at a great 

 diftance from the fait waters ; and for this reafon 

 fome writers call it the Fajfer fluviatilis. It never 

 grows large in our rivers, but is reckoned fweeter 

 than thofe that live in the fea. It is inferior in fize 

 to the plaife, for we never heard of any that weigh- 

 ed more than fix pounds. 



It may very eafily be diflinguiflied from the Deschxf, 

 plaife, or any other fifh of this genus, by a row 

 of fharp fmall fpines that furround its upper fides, 

 and are placed juft at thejundlion of the fins with 

 the body. Another row marks the fide-line, and 

 runs half way down the back. 



The color of the upper part of the body is a pale 

 brown, fometimes marked with a few obfcure fpots 

 of dirty yellow . the belly is white. 



We have met with a variety of this fifn with the 

 eyes and lateral line on the left fide. Linn^us 

 makes a diftind fpecies of it under the name of 



0^3 Phuro- 



