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The HiJIory of AM. I M A L & 
PleuroneEtes oculis a dextra^ fquammis afper is , fpina ad anum. 
The PleuroneEies , with the eyes on the right fide^ with rough 
fcales 3 and a fpine at the anus . 
The body is very broad, in proportion to it’s length, and is comprefied and thin ; 
the head alfo is compreffed : the back rifes into an acute ridge; the belly alfo is ridged: 
the mouth is fomewhat obliquely fituated, and it’s opening is very fmall, and the lower 
jaw is fomewhat longer than the upper; there are a great number of teeth in the up¬ 
per jaw 5 in the lower there are a much fmaller number, and of thefe many are move- 
able : the eyes are protuberant, and on the right fide ; and their iris is ufuaily yellow, 
fometimes of a milky white. 
The lateral line is elevated into an arch, the convex part toward the back, near the 
pedtoral fins; in the other part it is ftraight, and runs along the middle of the body, 
dividing it into two halves: the fcales on this fpecies are large for thofe of one of this 
genus, and are armed with a number of little fpines at the edges, efpecially on the 
right fide ; and the rays of the dorfal fin, and the pinna ani, are on each fide inverted 
with fcales. The right fide is of a brownifh-grey colour, and is variegated with a 
great number of fmall, pale, yellow fpots 3 the left fide is wholly white ; the back 
fin has feventy-eight or feventy-nine rays 5 the pedtoral or lateral fins have each twelve 
rays; the ventral ones have only fix in each, and the pinna ani has fixty or fixty-one, 
and there is a fpine at the anus: the tail is oblong, and is nearly even at the extre¬ 
mity j it has eighteen rays: the two extream ones of thefe are fmall, the others are 
long ; the middle ones are forked half the way down ; the vertebrae are thirty-nine. 
This is frequent in our feas, and is a well-tafted fifh, but not at all equal to the 
former. Ray, Willughby, and the other Latin writers call it Paffer afper fivefquam- 
mortis j Bellonius, and after him Gefner, Limande 5 Charleton, Citharus 5 the 
French call it Limande, and we the Dab. 
The other fpecies of the Pleuronedtes are, 1. The Pleuronedles, with the eyes on 
the right fide, and the anus placed on the left fide, and with very fharp teeth in the 
mouth; this has been called Pola by Bellonius, by fome Linguatuia, and by the 
greater number of writers Cynogloffus. 2. The Fleurone&es, with the eyes on the 
left fide, and with the body rough; this is the Rhombus fquammofus of Charleton, 
and the Rhombus maximus afper of Ray. 3. The Pleuronedes, with the eyes on the 
right fide, and with a rough, hoary body, and the lateral fins fcarce confpicuous. This 
is a native of the Seas about Amboina, and has not been defcribed by any of the 
authors who have hitherto written on fifhes. 
STROM ATEUS. 
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/ |H E body of the Stromateus is extreamly broad, thin, and compreffed ; the 
dorfal fin is fingle, and runs all along the back, and there are no belly fins. 
Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. 
Stromateus. 
The body is of an oblong form, considerably broad, and very thin ; the head is 
fmall, and the opening of the mouth not large : the back is ridged, and 10 is alfo the 
belly; the tail is very forked: there are teeth in both jaws, and alfo on the palate, 
but the tongue is fmooth and broad : the back fin is very long, and has forty-fix rays: 
the pinna ani has thirty-four rays; the pe&oral fins have each twenty-five rays, and 
the fifh has no belly fins at all: the colour of the body is a deep, dufky brown, but 
it is variegated in an elegant manner, with lines and ftreaks of a variety of colours. 
It is frequent in the Mediterranean, and is brought to market at Rome. Athenaeus 
calls it 2rpw ( u«T£'j?, and from him mod of the Latin writers have called it Stromateus 
and Stromatheus; Bellonius calls it Collidys and Fiatola; the Venetians call it Li- 
cette; and the Italians, Lampuga. 
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GADUS. 
