;66 IISHES. THORACIC. 26. Picuronedles. 
Puf-tain;. Body broad and very rough. 
Inhabits deep fandy places of the Northern fca ; body oVal> 
vered with iinall denticulate imbricate fcales, 
edged with brown and Ipotted with red, beneath redd«^ 
white, and varied both fides with round and oblong black’’ 
fpots ; is reckoned a delicacy in Denmark. 
//Md middle-fizcd ; eyes prominent, pupil black, iris 
with a black band behind ; jaws witli crowded, 
teeth; upper retraailc and protrufile ; lateral Line 
ning above the eye, bent over tlie peftoral fin and 
ftraight ; vent nearer the head ; fins cinereous, fcaly, thef*' 
broad ; dorfal commencing from the upper lip ; tail ' 
rounded. 
Dorfi. 89 : /a 11 : V. 6; a. 68 : c. 14 rays. 
*Rhombus, Body fmooth. 
Itihabits the F.iiropean feas ; is tlie broadeft of its fize 
the turbot ; body covered with finall fcales, deep bfC'' 
with dirty-yellow Ijiots, beneath white ; flelh very goo^' ° ’ 
inferior to the turbot. 
Head broad ; black, iris yellow^ ? siiouth large; 
traftije, toothed, the lower 'longer ; gilUover end'ing >% 
obtufe angle; lateral line arched near the head and after"'y 
ftraight ; fins brown varied with -white and yellovV i ^ 
long, rounded. ■' 
Porfi, 71 ; peel. 12 : vent. 6 : an. 57 ; caud, 16 rays. 
Dentatus. Body oblong, fmooth ; teeth extending out of the 
Inhabits Carolina. 
Teeth fiiarp ; tail rounded, fcalv. 
T>. 86 : p. iz: v. 6 : a. 50 ; c, jy rays. 
* Maximus. Body rough 
Inhabits the European and Mediterranean feas ; groves 
times to 
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- mcauerranean teas; grows y 
„ 30 pounds weight ; is very voracious,' and 
infects, worms and teftaceous animals ; body oblong, co'^’ jp 
With obtufe, unequal, fpinous tubercles, above brown ^ 
With yellow, beneath white fpotted with brown ; ® 
and excellent. .. . 
Jfead broad; eyes large, pupil fca-green, iris brown; 
jatii onger; aperture of the gills Urge; lateral lint 
middle, arched near the breall and. afterwards ftraight i / 
yellowini, with black points and fpots, 
Dorfi, 67 : pect, 10 ; vent. 6 : an, 46 : caud, 15 rays* 
