186 PYoAI Ss E Gaiam 
iT. The W ic eee 
Pafler Cornubienfis afper, magno oris hiatu. Mr. Jago. Raii fyr. 
pie. 163. fig. 2. 
FD Y the figure Mr. Fago has left of this fpecies, 
it bears a great refemblance to the holibut. 
He calls it the iff, and fays its mouth is large, 
its fkin hard and rough, its color a dirty afh, and 
its flefk coarfe and good for nothing. ‘The {kin ap- 
pears to be much fpotted, and the lateral line greatly 
incurvated at the beginning, and afterwards pro- 
ceeding in a ftrait direction to the tail. 
Tpke py? Rea Bae 
Platefla ? -- Aufonii Epifi. ad. Pleuroneétes oculis et tubercu- 
Theon. 62. lis fex a dextra capitis, late- 
Le Quarlet. Belx. 139. ribus glabris, {pinaad anum. 
Quadratulus. Rondel. 318. Ge/- Arted. fynon. 30. 
ner pifc. 665. Pleuronectes Platefla. Lin. f/f. 
Scholle, Pladife. Schonevelde. 456. Gronov. Zooph. No. 246. 
6I. Skalla, Rodfputta. Faun. /uee- 
Plaife. Wil. Icth. 96. Raii fyn. No. 328. 
pile. 31- 
HESE fith are very common on moft of our 
coafts, and fometimes taken of the weight of 
fifteen pounds ; but they feldom reach that fize, one 
of eight or nine pounds being reckoned a large 
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