PLATE XLIV. 
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PLEURONECTES LIMANDA. 
DAB. 
* PISCES THORACICL 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head small. Eyes spherical, both on the same side of the head, 
and near each other. Mouth arcuated- Jaws dentated, unequal, 
^ill-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 
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SYNONYMS. 
^<^ales ciliated, spinules at the root of the dorsal and anal fin 
with obtuse teeth. 
^^euronectes Limanda; squamis ciliatis, spinulis ad radicera 
pinnarum dorsi anique, dentibus obtusis. 
Linn. Mas. ad. Fr. 2 . p. 68 . — Gmel. 1231 . 
sp. 8. 
Hab Penn. Brit. Zool. p. 230 . sp. 105 . 
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Tire common Dab is an inhabitant of all the sandy shores in the 
°tthern Seas of Europe. In England, as in other places, it is ob- 
