THE 
ROSE-COLOURED FLOUNDER. 
Generic Character. 
Head finall: Eyes both feated on the fame fide of 
the head. 
Body comprelTed; fomewhat convex and coloured 
on one fide; flat and paler on the other. 
Specific Character. 
ROSE-COLOURED FLOUNDER, with eyes 
towards the right. 
Ohf. In the peBoral jins about 12 rays, in the ven¬ 
tral 7, in the dorfal 60, in the anal 42. In 
the tail about 20. 
The genus Pleuronedles, which contains the fifli 
commonly known by the title of flat-fifh, is in ge¬ 
neral not remarkable for elegance of color: fome 
few indeed of the exotic fpecies are beautifully va¬ 
riegated ; but of thofe which are natives of Europe 
the Pleuronedfes Platelfa or Plaife is perhaps the moft 
decorated. The filh here reprefented, (if indeedit 
be really a diftimft fpecies, and not a variety of fome 
other,) feems to afford an exception to this rule, and 
is 
