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Pleuronectes lineatus. LineatedFlounder. Of an oblong 
fnape: fcales on the head large, on the body fmall; all fpiny on 
the edge: no pe&oral fins: the outer ventral fin united to the 
anal: colour of the body dufky, marked tranfverfly with feven or 
eight black lines: rays of the fins fcaly; end of the tail round: 
length near eight inches. D. 51. V. 4 - A. 37. 
Inhabits the coaft of America from New England to Jamaica. 
Varies like the common Flounder, in the fituation of the eyes; 
the one here figured, having them on the right fide; thatdefcribed 
by Linnaeus on the left. 
