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PISCES THORACIC!. PLEURONECTES. 
No. LXXI. 
Pleuronectes oculis dextris; corpore ovato, Jasciato; spinulis ad radices pinnarum dorsi 
anique; cauda lata, mucronata. 
The Pleuronectes with eyes on the right side; an ovate body, striped transversely; 
spitiuli at the roots of the dorsal and anal fins; a broad, pointed, tail. 
Called by the Natives Jerree Potoo. B. 
B. v. D. 64. P. 7 vel 8. V. 6. A. 58. C. 20. 
The head and body much compressed, the back, breast and abdomen carinate. 
The two sides, (as usual in this genus,) of different colours. Mouth small. There are no teeth in the jaws ; 
the tongue short, sharp-pointed, and loose, the eyes of a beautiful emerald colour. The branchial membrane 
visible; the lateral line rising a little above the pectoral fin, runs bending very gently to the tail, but nearer 
the back than the belly. 
Fins. The dorsal rises from the vertex, on a line with the eyes; the anal immediately below the anus ; both 
are continued to the anal fin, without coalescing with it, and a row of minute spiculi runs along the roots of 
both, on the coloured, or right side. The pectoral fin rather high, small, pointed; the ventral also small, 
longitudinal, solitary; the caudal fin is pointed and marked with five oval spots. 
The colour of the right side a dusky brown, striped transversely with thirteen or fourteen narrow bands of a 
lighter brown shade, which are continued on the dorsal and anal fins. The spots on the caudal fin are white, 
with a little mixture of black and yellow. 
Length, five inches and a half. 
REMARKS. 
This seems to be the rarest of the genus, and, like the former, was never brought of larger size. 
No. LXXII. 
Pleuronectes oculis dextris; corpore oblongo,Jasciato; pinnispectoralibus nullis; radioprimo 
pimice dorsi longiore. 
The Pleuronectes with eyes on the right side; an oblong body striped transversely; 
no pectoral fins; the first dorsal ray longer than the others. 
Called by the Natives Jerree Potoo. C. 
B. iv. D. 13. P. 0. V. 5. A. 63. G. 18. 
This small fish agreeing in its general form with the preceding, differs in the following circumstances. The 
eyes are placed less obliquely, round, and much smaller; the first ray of the dorsal fin thick, and longer than 
the others; the pectoral fins are wanting; the ventral much smaller, and just above the anus, which is in the 
carina of the abdomen. 
