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LONG FLOUNDER. 
that of the Common Sole; scales rather large, but mostly 
denuded; lateral line straight. The dorsal fin begins close 
above the eye, with low rays; anal beginning below the root 
of the pectoral, and both end opposite each other, a short 
distance from the tail, and not much expanded in their 
course. Pectoral fin narrow, the one below smallest. Ventrals 
small, about midway between the throat and anal fin; the tail 
broadly lancet-shaped. On the cheeks of the blind side the 
scales are curiously arranged in separate small ovals. The 
dorsal fin has about one hundred and twenty rays, anal 
ninety -four, caudal twenty-six. 
