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LARGE-SCALED SOLE. 



Pleuronectes Macrolepidotus, P.fuscus, squamis magnis, pinnis 



pecforalibus lanceolatis. 

 Brown Sole, with large scales, and lanceolate pectoral fins. 

 Pleuronectes macrolepidotus. P. squamis magnis. Block, t, 



190. 



Shape like that of a Sole, but somewhat broader 

 in proportion : colour yellowish brown above, 

 whitish beneath : scales very large, each marked at 

 the base by a dusky spot : head without scales and 

 spotted with brown : mouth very wide : teeth 

 rather long : pectoral fins rather long and pointed: 

 ventral very small : dorsal, anal, and caudal like 

 those of the common Sole. Native of the South- 

 American seas. 



SINISTROUS FLOUNDER. 



Pleuronectes Passer. P, fuscus y oculis sinistris, linea laterali 



aspera, spinulis ad radices pinnarum. 

 Brown Flounder, with eyes toward the left, rough lateral line, 



and a series of spines at the base of the fins. 

 Pleuronectes Passer. P. oculis sinistris, linea laterali sinistra 



aculeata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 45Q. Block, t. 50. 



So nearly allied in general appearance to the 

 common Flounder that it has been considered by 

 Pennant and some others as a variety of that 

 species differing merely in having the eyes towards 

 the left : Artedi, Linnaeus, and Bloch however 

 concur in establishing it as a distinct species : the 



