PISCES THORACIC!. PLEURONECTES. 
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The eyes on the left side, near the vertex, the one exactly under the other, oval, large. The nostrils, on a 
line also, nearer the edge of the rostrum. The second branchial opercula pointed. 
The lateral line forms a high arch above the pectoral fin, then sloping gently, it becomes straight: on each 
side of the straight part, is a faint, somewhat curve line. The anus between the ventral fins. 
Th efins. The dorsal rises above the eyes, and, like the opposite anal, widening a little as it decends, both 
terminate near the tail; two ventral fins larger than usual; the pectoral high, the rays declining; the caudal 
fin distinct, broad, pentagonal. 
Length, from the rostrum to the caudal fin, eight inches; the greatest breadth, four. 
REMARKS. 
The dorsal and anal fins are sometimes spotted. 
No. LXXVI. 
Pleuronectes oculis sinistris; pinnis ocellatis; corpore ovale , maculis ternis prope candam 
insignito. 
The Pleuronectes with eyes on the left side; ocellated fins; an oval body, and three 
remarkable spots near the tail. 
Called by the Natives Nooree Nalaka. B. 
B. vii. D. 68. P. 12. V. 6. A. 47. 16. 
This fish agrees with its genus in the compressed form of its body, and the different colour of the opposite 
sides; it resembles the fish last described, in the form of the jaws, and the lateral line, as also in its oval 
shape. There are no teeth in the jaws; the cheeks membranous; the lower eye nearer the edge of the mouth, 
the rays of the dorsal and anal fins are proportionally longer, and, as well as the tail, are always spotted; the 
oblong pointed tail, is very different from the former: the situation of the pectoral and ventral fins is the 
same. 
The colour of the left side is very dark, sometimes obscurely spotted with brown; the spots on the fins are 
black: but the spots placed triagonally on the back (which seem to be constant) afford a good specific 
character: The two anterior are exactly round, jet black, with a white dot in the centre, and a rim of dusky 
white: the posterior of the same colour, is exactly triangular, and placed on the lateral line. 
The length, from the rostrum to the point of the tail, five inches, six lines. 
