Defcr. 
188 D A [oa Clafs IV, 
placed juft at the junction 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 fifh with the 
eyes and lateral line on the left fide. Linnaeus makes 
a diftiné fpecies of it under the name of Pleuronec- 
tes Pafer, p. 459; but fince it differs in no other 
refpect from the common kind, we agree with 
Doctor Gronovius in not feparating them, 
V. The D A B. 
La Limande. Belon. 142. anum, dentibus obtufis. Ar- 
Paffer afper, five f{quamofus. ted. fynon. 33. 
Rondel. 319. Gefner pifc. 665. Pleuronecies Limanda. PI. ocu- 
Dab. Wil. Icth.97. Raii yn. lis dextris, {quamis ciliatis, 
pile. 32. fpinulis ad radicem pinna- 
Pleuroneétes oculis a dextra, rum dorfi, anique. ix, 
{quamis afperis, {pina ad fpf. 457. 
HE dabis found with the other fpecies, but is 
lefs common. It is in beft feafon during Fe- 
bruary, March, and April: they fpawn in May and 
Fune, and become flabby and watery the reft of the 
fummer. They are fuperior in goodne(s to the plaife 
and flounder, but far inferior in fize, 
_ It is generally of an uniform brown color on the 
upper fide, tho’ fometimes clouded with a darker. 
The fcales are {mall and rough, which is a charac- 
tcf. 
