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PISCES THORACICI. PLEURONECTES. 
No. LXXVII. 
Pleuronectes oculis sinistris; corpore ovale, fasciis fuscis; linea laterali sub-undulata, aspera; 
cauda oblonga, in medio parum productiore. 
The Pleuronectes with the eyes on the left side; an oval body with brown cross bands; 
the lateral line rough, and somewhat waving ; the oblong caudal fin elongated a little 
at the middle. 
Called by the Natives Nooree Nalaka. C. 
B. vii. D . 54. P. 16. V. 6. A. 39. C. 16. 
In the form of the body, the head, the tail; the mouth, teeth, tongue, and position of the fins; this fish agrees 
with the Adalah, No. LXIX.; but the scales here are smaller; the lateral line carinate ; the body, though of 
the same colour, is distinguished by cross bands of a darkish brown ; and the eyes are on the left side. 
The length six inches. 
REMARKS. 
Of the above nine species of this genus, No. LXXIV. is the only one I have found described by authors. 
Bloch mentions the having received a specimen of that fish from Tranquebar. 
The addition in Gmelin’s edition of Linnaeus consisting of eight or nine new species, made the whole amount 
to twenty-six, and to these, three or four have been added since. 
The nets in India are not well suited for soles, which are known to feed at great depths, and require nets 
of a particular make. A French gentleman at Bimblipatara, undertook to direct a net of a proper construction, 
but the fishermen could not manage it to advantage, and we had no success. 
