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BRILL. 
PKARL. KITE. ETJGALEB, OK LUGALEEF. 
Rhombus 7W7i CLCV/locitus squct^nosuS) 
Pletironedcs rliomhus, 
•ti “ 
Pleii7’mecte cm'relet, 
Rhombus vulgaris, Barhue, 
II <1 “ 
Ithomhus IcBvis, 
Willoughby; pi. f. 3 — the 
under side. 
Linnasus; .Risso. 
Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 196, 
Jenyn.s; Manual, p. 462. 
.Lacepede. 
CuviEB. 
Yakkell; Br. Fishes, rol. ii, 
p. 331. 
Gunther; Gat,. Br. Museum, 
vol. iv, p 400. 
The Pleuronectes cyclops of Donovan appears to me to be 
the Brill a little deformed about the head. Dr Gunther 
supposes it to be the young state of the Turbot; and the 
young condition of the last-named fish, when about the size of 
Donovan’s figure, is marked with dots on the under side as in 
this plate. 
The Brill, or Kite, is often met with on the north coasts of 
Europe, and from thence along the borders^ of the British 
Islands to the Mediterranean; in which last district it appears 
to have been often confounded with the Turbot. But they 
seem to be in less numbers than the last-named fish, or at 
least they are less frequently caught with the line, which cir- 
cumstance tends to shew that these fishes are less ravenous in 
their appetite than the Turbot. Their habits lead them to keep 
in similar ground, and their food is much the same; but the 
Brill is not considered as equal for the table to that esteemed 
delicacy. 
The Brill reaches the ordinary size of the Turbot, but never 
is found of the bulk of the larger examples of that fish. Its 
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