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PISCES THORACICI. PLEURONECTES. 
No. LXXIV. 
Pleuronectes oculis sinistris; corpore lanceolato, scabriusculo; ore cirroso in latere sinistro; 
lineis lateralibus cluabus ; pinnis pectoralibus nullis ; pinna dorsi unique, caudali connatce. 
The Pleuronectes with eyes on the left side; the body lanceolate, somewhat rough ; the 
mouth cirrous on the left side; two lateral lines on each side; no pectoral fins; the 
dorsal, anal, and caudal fins united. 
Pleuronectes biliniatus Bloch. Pl. 188. 
Called by the Natives Jerree Potoo. E. 
B. iv. D. 97. P. 0. V. 4. A. 75. C. 8. 
This in general agrees with the preceding fish. It has no pectoral fins; the single ventral fin is joined to the 
anal by a membrane, the anus being on one side of the carina; and the junction of the dorsal and anal fins 
with the pointed caudal, is alike in both. There are also two lateral lines on each side; but besides these, there 
is here a third undulating, carinated line, from the corner of the mouth to the edge of the operculum. Other 
circumstances in which they differ are the following: the aperture of the mouth is not smooth on the coloured 
side, as in the former, but wrinkled and cirrous both above and below; the scales are smaller, as well as 
rougher, and the inferior edges tipped of a dusky white, gives a mixed colour, different from the uniform dark 
colour of the other sole, while the white of the right side is less pure: lastly, there is a marked difference in 
the number of dorsal and anal rays. 
The length, ten inches ; greatest breadth two inches four lines. 
REMARKS. 
In this fish, Bloch met with the first instance of two lateral lines on the same side. 
No. LXXV. 
Pleuronectes ocidis sinistris; corpore rotundo-ovato, maculato; caudapentagona, distincta. 
Pleuronectes with eyes on the left side; a body of a round-ovate form, spotted; a 
pentagonal, distinct, caudal fin. 
Called by the Natives Nooree Nalaka. A. 
B. vii. D. 7 3. P. 11. V. 6. A. 5S. C. 16. 
The body round-ovate, much compressed, and the edges carinate; the left side dusky with a greenish cast, 
spotted with large, round, brown, spots; the other side of a bluish white. 
The head small, compressed; the face without scales. The mouth terminal, large; the jaws extractile, the 
upper a little curve, the lower convex: both with a regular row of recurve, sharp teeth. The tongue awl-shape, 
blunt, smooth. 
