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PLATE XLIL 
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PLEURONECTES MICROCEPHALUS. 
SMALL HEADED, OR SMEAR DAB. 
* PISCES THORACICI. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Pead small. Eyes spherical, both on the same side of the head, 
^'^d near each other. Month arcuated. Jaws dentated, unequal. 
^*ll-membrane with from four to seven rays. Gill-covers of three 
plates in general. Body compressed, carinated ; upper side sub-con- 
: beneath flat and pale. Vent nearer the head. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
^°‘ly oblong, head small, mouth diminutive, lateral line somewhat 
incurvated. 
Pt 
^^URoNECTES MicROCEPHALUs : corpore oblongo, capite parv® 
ore minimo, linea lateral! subincurvata. 
Y^'aie Limandelle. Duhamel Traits des Peek, T. 3. p. sect. 9. 
pi. 6. fig. 3, 4. 
This is a kind of Flounder that appears to form an intermediate 
between the Sole and the Dab, partaking In some measure of the 
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