96 FISHES. tfllORACICI. 11. Pleuroncctes. 



the bafe : dorsal-Jin toi-rayed ; pectoral 14 ; ventral 5 ; anal 73 ; 

 caudal 17-rayed. 



47 « Pi. Platessa. Smooth, brownish with round fulvous 

 spots : head with a row of 6 tubercles reaching to the 

 lateral- line. 



Plaise. Donovan's Fishes t. 6. Shaw Zool. iv. f. 43. 



Body growing to 15 or 16 pounds weight, clothed with thit* 

 foft fcales, and marked with numerous dark orange fpots : head 

 covered with firm fcales, each placed in its proper bed : mouth 

 fmall, lower-jaw longer : teeth fmall, obtufe : lateral-line straight, 

 in the middle : anal-Jin with a large fpine before it : tail rounded ; 

 fcaly at the bafe, the rays longer than the membrane ; dorsal-Jin 71- 

 rayed ; pectoral 10; ventral 5 ; anal 5 4; caudal 18-rayed. 



48. PI. Limanda. Brownish, with rough scales. : lateral- 

 line arched over the pectoral fin. 



Dab. Donovan's Fishes t. 44. Bloch t. 46. 



Body 3 or 4 pounds weight, with foft oblong feales,,pale brown, 

 beneath white : head fmall : eyes large : dorsal-Jin 73-rayed ; pec- 

 toral 11 ; ventral 6 ; anal 53 ; tail nearly even, 15 rayed, 



49. PI. microcephalus. Dark brown, with rather smoothr 

 scales : head small, mouth diminutive : lateral-line 

 a little curved over the pectoral fin. 



Smear-dab. Donovan's Fishes tab. 4a. 



Body above dusky-brown, beneath white, without fpots : mouth 

 very minute, with the lips a little protruded: ^hj yellowish-brown; 

 dorsal 9a-rayed ; pectoraX^ : y ventral 6; anal 73; tail rounded, 

 17-rayed. 



50. PI. Icevis. Yellowish-brown, with quite smooth 

 scales : beneath white with 5 dusky spots. 



Smooth Dab. Br. Zool. ru 105, Ray syn.pisc. 162, J f t. 



Body afoot and a half long,.ii< inches broad, light brown obfeurely 

 fpotted with yellow : head fmall : eyes near each other : mouth filled 

 with fmall teeth : lateral-line much curved over .the pectoral fin : 

 dorsal-Jin 79-rayed. 



51. PI. Flesus. Brown, with the lateral-line rough : at 

 the base of the fins a series of asperities. 



Flounder. Bloch t. 44. Donovan t. 94. 



Body growing to 5 or 6 pounds weight, covered with thin oblong 

 fcales, above dull brown with lighter or rofy vaiiations, beneath 

 dirty-white : mouth fmall, the lower-jaw longer : gill-covers ending 

 in an obtufe fpine ; lateral-line with a iow of fmall fpines, curved 

 over the pectoral fin : Jins mostly fpotted with black, between the 

 anal and ventral a strong fpine ; dorsal-Jin 55-rayed ; pectoral 1 1 ; 

 ventral 6; atial 39 . ; tail a little rounded, 18-rayed. 



.2. Body rofe-colour, with pale yellow-brown fins. 

 Rofe-coloured Flounder. Shaw Zool. iv. f. 43*. 



Body about 9 inches long, with a slight yellowish tinge in fome 

 parts, in others with silvery white, beneath nearly white, without 

 fcales, but marked with minute fcalc-like reticulations, and without 

 roughnefs : lateral-line nearly straight: dorsa\-Jin 60-rayed ; pec- 

 toral 12 ; ventral 7 ; anal 42 ; tail a little rounded, 20-rayed. 



52. PJ, Solea. Brown, oblong", with rough scales : upper- 

 jaw longer : upper pectoral fin tipt with black. 



Sole. Donovan's Fishes t. 62. Block t. 45. 



Body Sometimes growing to 2 feet long, above olive-brown, be- 

 neath, white, covered with fmall oblong fcales ending in numerons 

 fpines : jaws bearded with fmall white cirri, the upper lunate, 

 lower with fmall moveable teeth : gill-cover rounded of one piece : 

 fateral-line straight, nearer the back : vent nearer the head : rays of 



