154 
LONG ROUGH DAB. 
For tFe sake of greater accuracy, I copy our description 
and figure from the Swedish work of Ekstrom and Sunde- 
Tall; of which it is the boast that the plates and descriptions 
were taken from the fishes represented in it immediately as 
they came out of the water. Mr. Cocks’ example was caught 
in the middle of Seiitcinher, and measured nine inches in 
length, and in breadth three inches and a quarter. According 
to Ekstrom, it sometimes reaches twelve inches, with the 
breadth, exclusive of the fins, one third of the extreme length; 
the head to the border of the gill-cover is one fourth of the 
whole body, excluding the caudal fin; the body regularly 
oblong, much compressed; in thickness not exceeding a tenth 
of the breadth; the scales more regular and equal than in 
most of the flatfishes — ^rounded, with a free border, doubly 
bent or channeled, the middle angle blunt, rounded with 
from twelve to twenty small points, which are ciliated; on the 
blind side these are so roughened only at the hindmost part 
and at the base of the fins. The eyes, which look to the 
right, are nearly equal, and the upper one is placed by a 
fifth part further back dian the other; the lower eye in length 
equal to the distance of the point of the snout. The ridge 
behind the eyes low and smooth. Mouth large, as in the 
Holibut and Turbot; teeth small, conic; the usual veU-in the 
mouth as in all flatfishes. Lateral line only gently sloped; 
vent near the angle of the gill-cover; anal spine strong and 
sharp. Dorsal fin with from seventy-eight to eighty-five rays, 
and in breadth at the middle one fourth of the breadth of 
the body; all the rays with scales in a single row, which are 
rough on the upper side; the anal fin begins a httle behind 
the vent, and has from sixty-four to, sixty-six rays; this and 
the dorsal ending far short of the tail; caudal fin lengthened 
at the middle, with eighteen rays; pectoral with ten or ele\en 
rays, which ai-c all simple — a circumstance tha.l is peculiar to 
this species; but the lower pectoral, wloieh is smaller, has 
branched rays; ventral fins with six rays. Colour dusky 
yellow, and in some situations it is slightly spotted. 
