196 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Pleuronectes. 
Length about 2 feet. Body lengthened ; grey above, white beneath. 
Head flat, broad ; the mouth wide ; the lower jaw longest ; 1st D. 9, 2d D. 40, 
P. 1 2, V. 7? A. 39. The second dorsal and anal fins are long, and the rays 
nearly of equal length. This fish is caught in vast quantities in the summer 
months, and used fresh or salted for exportation. 
Gen. XLVI. PLEURONECTES. TuRBOT.--Mouth entire; 
teeth numerous, slender. Lateral line curved. Eyes on 
the left side. 
s) 96. P. maximus. Common Turbot. — The upper and un- 
der surfaces beset with acute tubercles ; scales sm^l. 
Rhombus, Merr. Pin. 189 — R. maximus asper. Will. Ich. 94 — R. acu- 
leatus, Sibh. Fife, 119 — Pleur. max. Linn. Syst. i. 459. Penn. Brit. 
Zool. 233. — S', Gunner-fleuk, Raim-fleuk, Eannock-fleuk. — Common. 
Length upwards of 2 feet. Weight sometimes exceeding 20 pounds. Out- 
line of the body sub-circular. Colour above, yellowish, clouded with brown ; 
below white. The tubercles are largest on the upper surface. D. CO, P. 1 2, 
V. 6, A. 43, C. 17* The flesh of this species is held in great estimation, and 
extensive fisheries, by hook and line, are conducted on different parts of the 
coast. The bait consists of portions of hemng, haddock, muscles, or limpets, 
as fresh as possible. 
97. P. Rhombus. Brill. — Body broad, glabrous ; lower jaw 
longest. 
Rhombus laevis, Jago., Ray Syn. Pise. 1G2. — Bonnet flook, Sibb. Fife, 120 
P. Rh. Linn. Syst. i. 458 — Pearl, Pen7i. Brit. Zool. iii. 238 — Bril, Dm. 
Brit. Fishes, t. 951 — E., Bril, Pearl, Kite; Bannet-fleuk, — Com- 
mon. 
Less than the turbot- Colour above fuscous, spotted with brown, yellow 
and white. The soft smooth skin is the peculiar character of the species. D. 
65, P. 11, Y. 6, A. 48, C. 16 — This species occasionally enters the estuaries of 
the larger rivers. The Rhombus non aculeatus squamosus of Will. Ich. (the 
Lugaleaf of Cornwall), is probably the same as the Brill, though the eyes are 
stated to be placed on the left side of the mouth. 
98. P. Megastoma. Whiff. — Body oblong. Mouth large ; 
lower jaw longest. Lateral line tuberculated, greatly arched 
near its origin. Dorsal and anal fins broadest in the middle. 
Rhombus aculeatus, Will. Ich. 93.~Passer Cornubiensis asper, magno 
oris hiatu, Jago., Ray Syn. Pise. 163.— Whiff, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 238. 
— P. meg. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. 51. — South coast of England. 
Length about 18 inches. Colour above brown, clouded with darker shades ; 
below reddish- white. Eyes large, elevated ; irides yellow. Tail slightly round- 
ed. I). 85,P. 13, Y. 5, A. 61, C. 19.--This species has been confounded, by se- 
veral authors, wdth the following, from which, however, in many particulars, 
it is sufficiently distinguished. 
^ 99. P. punctatus. Top-knot.— Body rbundish, rough, with 
small denticulated scales. Dorsal and anal fins broadest near the 
retral extremity. Jaws nearly equal. 
