300 



•LONG DAB. 



pretty near each other : the mouth full of small 

 teeth : the lateral line was much incurvated for the 

 first two inches from its origin, then continued 

 strait to the tail : the back was covered with small 

 smooth scales, was of a light brown colour, ob- 

 scurely spotted with yellow : the belly white, and 

 marked with five large dusky spots : it was a fish 

 of goodness equal to the common Dab." 



LONG DAB. 



Pleuronectes Limandoides. P . fusco-flavescens, squamis tnagnis 



asperis, linea laterali lata, recta. 

 Yellowish-brown Flounder, with large rough scales., and strait, 



broad lateral line. 

 Pleuronectes Limandoides. P. corpore oblongo asperoqae, linea 



laterali recta lataque. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel.-p. 1232. Block. 



t. 18(5. 



Of a much longer shape than the Dab, and 

 more approaching to that of the sole : colour pale 

 ferruginous brown above, white beneath : scales 

 larger in proportion than those of the common 

 Dab, and rough: lateral line strait and broad : eyes 

 large ; mouth wide, and beset with several rows of 

 small teeth: dorsal and anal fins moderately broad: 

 tail rounded at the end. It is an inhabitant of 

 the northern seas, and like others of this genus, 

 commonly lies at the bottom, where it preys on 

 small crabs, &c. and is in considerable estimation 

 as a food. 



