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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Genus 
  HIPPOGLOSSOIDES, 
  Gottsche. 
  

  

  Hippoglossoides 
  limandoides, 
  Gunther. 
  Long 
  Rough 
  Dab. 
  

   "Rochie." 
  "Bastard 
  Sattie." 
  "Rough-back 
  Fluke." 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  fish 
  I 
  first 
  recorded 
  as 
  British 
  in 
  the 
  Edinburgh 
  Neiv 
  

   Philosophical 
  Journal 
  for 
  July, 
  1835, 
  from 
  specimens 
  taken 
  in 
  

   the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  (Parnell.) 
  "These 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  great 
  

   numbers 
  off 
  our 
  coast." 
  (Arbuthnot.) 
  " 
  Of 
  rare 
  occurrence." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Kincardine, 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  Banff 
  shires, 
  

   this 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  common 
  species, 
  and 
  is 
  caught 
  both 
  by 
  line 
  and 
  

   trawl, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  looked 
  upon 
  with 
  much 
  favour 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  

   of 
  food. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  fish 
  of 
  fine 
  flavour. 
  

  

  Genus 
  RHOMBUS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Rhombus 
  maximus, 
  Guv. 
  Turbot. 
  " 
  Roden 
  Fluke." 
  

   "Gunner 
  Fluke." 
  "Bonnet 
  Fluke." 
  "Roan 
  Fluke." 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantities 
  off 
  our 
  

   coasts 
  ; 
  they 
  sell 
  from 
  threepence 
  to 
  one 
  shilling 
  and 
  two- 
  

   pence 
  each. 
  They 
  are 
  a 
  fish 
  of 
  no 
  reputation 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   poor, 
  but 
  they 
  begin 
  to 
  be 
  liked 
  by 
  the 
  higher 
  classes 
  of 
  

   society." 
  (Arbuthnot, 
  1815.) 
  

  

  "Along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  in 
  the 
  bays 
  of 
  the 
  

   Moray 
  and 
  Dornoch 
  Firth, 
  they 
  are 
  occasionally 
  taken, 
  but 
  of 
  

   small 
  size, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  in 
  numbers 
  until 
  we 
  approach 
  

   the 
  English 
  coast. 
  At 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  they 
  

   are 
  found 
  more 
  plentiful, 
  and 
  specimens, 
  weighing 
  from 
  twenty 
  

   to 
  thirty 
  pounds, 
  are 
  not 
  infrequently 
  taken." 
  (Parnell.) 
  

  

  " 
  Met 
  with 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  and 
  always 
  commands 
  a 
  ready 
  sale 
  

   and 
  a 
  high 
  price." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  abnormal 
  examples 
  which 
  swim 
  on 
  their 
  edges, 
  

   both 
  the 
  dextral 
  and 
  sinistral 
  surfaces 
  are 
  coloured, 
  and 
  each 
  

   has 
  an 
  eye." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  abundant 
  species, 
  and 
  is 
  caught 
  in 
  great 
  

   numbers 
  both 
  by 
  line 
  and 
  trawl, 
  particularly 
  the 
  latter. 
  

   Specimens 
  coloured 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  often 
  occur 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  does 
  

   not 
  follow 
  that 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  they 
  swim 
  edgeways. 
  

   Those 
  referred 
  to 
  have 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  the 
  eyes 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  

  

  