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LIST OF FISHES 



Inch-haven near Arbroath, and carried to the town 



of Dundee as a spectacle. 1 have no doubt, 



further, that the opah has often been found on our 

 shores, without being noticed by any naturalist. 

 During a visit to Orkney in 1 804, I was surprised 

 to find it accurately described to me as having been 

 several times cast ashore, during storms, in the 

 island of Sanda, and once at the Bay of Scalpa, 

 about a mile from Kirkwall. 



Pleup.onectes. 



P. Hippoglossus. Holibut ; Turbot. 



In our market this is generally, though very 

 preposterously, named the turbot ; the proper tur- 

 bot, at the same time, getting another name, that 

 of rawn-jleuk. 



P. Platessa. Plaise. 



This is one of the most common of our flat-fish. 

 When small, they are called Jieuks ; when large, 

 Dutch plaise. 



P. Flesus. Common Flounder, or Fresh-water 

 Flounder \ Mayock-Jieuk. 

 This is extremely common, and nowhere does 

 it abound more than in Leith Harbour. It seems 

 to delight in places having a clayey bottom. 



P. Limanda, Dab. 



This species is also very common on our shores, 

 and is almost every day to be seen in our market. 

 It is often emphatically distinguished by the fish- 

 dealers as the saltie r or salt-water fieuk. 



