Class IV. T U R B O T. 2^3 



white, and covered with fuch minute fcales, and 

 thofe inflantly deciduous, as to merit the epi- 

 thet fmooth. 



It is a fcarce fpecies, but is found in Cornwall^ 

 where, from its tranfparency, it is called the Lan-^ 

 tern Fijh. 



It is probable that Ovid intended this fpecies, by 

 his Solea ; for the comm.on kind does by no means 

 merit his defcription. 



Fulgentes Sole^e candore. 



And ^des with white r^fplendent. 



** With the eyes on the left fide« 



Rhombus. O-vid Halieut, fquamofus. Rait fyn. pifc. 109. Tur- 



Le Turbot. Bekn, 134. 31. bot. 



Rhombus aculeatus. Rondel. Pleuronedles oculis a finillra, 



310. Gefner pifc. 661. cor^oxQ 2L{^tXQ. Arted.Jynon. 



Steinbutt, Torbutt, Treen- 32. 



butt, Dornbutt. Schotie-vel- Pleuronedtes maximus, Lin. 



de, 60. Jyji. 459. Gronou. Zooph, 



Turbot, in the north a Bret. No, 254. 



Wil. Icth. 94. Butta. Faun. Suec. No. 325. 

 Rhombus maximus afper non 



TUREOTS grow to a very large fize^ we Size, 

 have feen them of three and twenty pounds 

 weight, but have heard of fome that weighed 

 thirty. They are taken chiefly off the north coafl: of 



England^ 



