298 DAB. 



sea-insects, and the smaller kinds of shell-fish; The 

 Plaise is in considerable esteem as a food, though 

 far inferior to the Sole and Turbot : those are most 

 esteemed which are of moderate size, the smaller 

 ones being less firm than those of more advanced 

 growth. It may be added that the figure of this 

 fish in Willughby's Ichthyology conveys no very 

 striking idea of the animal, the spots being very 

 indistinctly expressed : the representation in Dr. 

 Bloch's work is admirable. 



DAB. 



Pleuronectes Limanda. P. subfoscus, squamis asperis, tinea 



laterali supra pinnas pectorales arcuata. 

 Brownish Flounder, with rough scales, and lateral line curving 



over the pectoral fins. 

 Pleuronectes Limanda. P. oculis dextris, squamis ciliatis, spinulis 



ad radicem pinnarum dorsi a?iique, dentibus obtusis. Lin, Syst. 



Nat. p. 457. 



The Dab. Venn. brit. zool. 3. Will, ichth. p. 97. Block. U 46. 



The Dab is of a very broad, ovate shape, of a 

 yellowish brown colour above, and white beneath : 

 it is covered with moderately large* rough scales : 

 the head is small, and the eyes large : the mouth 

 small, and the teeth are more numerous in the 

 upper jaw than in the lower : the dorsal and anal 

 fins are of moderate width, and the tail nearly even 

 at the end : the lateral line curves downwards over 



* Mr. Pennant calls them small, but they are certainly rather 

 large in comparison with those of the major part of the genus. 



