PLATE XCV. 
Rhombus Imvis : Jonst. pise. p. 99. t. 22. — liaiipisc. p. 32. «• 
WiU. ichth. p. 96. 
"Rhombus alter gallicu.Si Bell, aqiiat. p. 141. 
Pearl. Penn. Brit. Zool. v. 3. p. 238. 
Tlie Brill, or Pleuronectes Rhombus ranks among the most cotO' 
mon kinds of fiat fish, being found in abundance on many of tb® 
sandy shallow’s in the North and Mediterranean seas, as well as 
those on the coasts of Britain. 
This species resembles the Turbot in its general appearance and out' 
line ; it is a firm and well-fiavoured fish, though Inferior to tb® 
former, and may be easily distinguished from it by the extreiu® 
smoothness of the skin, for it is destitute even of the slightest trace of 
those tuberculated aculeations which appear so conspicuous on tb® 
surface of the Turbot. In point of colour they differ also, the 
surface of the Brill being of a darker hue, or more inclining 
fuscous, and having the spots of deep brown more numerous au*^ 
diffused ; besides which, there is an intermixture of livid yellu'’'^ 
blotches, and a number of white dots besprinkled over the surfs'-®' 
The fins arc nearly the same colour as the body, and are spotted aU 
dotted in a similar manner. The lower suiface of the body is wbb®’ 
as appears in the smaller tpccinien introduced m our plate. ^ 
dorsal fin extends fir m the upper jaw to which it is connected, 
to the region of the tail. This fin contained, in one specimc*’ 
examined, sixty-five rays: In the pectoral fin w'cre eleven rays' 
.ventral fin included six rays; the anal fin forty. eight rays; and 
tail si-vieen. 
