This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...nothing but sand. The first account of it as a British fish, was published by Dr. Parnell in the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal for 1835. (Sp. 174.) P. elongata. Long Flounder. Our acquaintance with this recent and rare acquisition, is exclusively derived from Mr. Yarrell's interesting and instructive pages. He ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...nothing but sand. The first account of it as a British fish, was published by Dr. Parnell in the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal for 1835. (Sp. 174.) P. elongata. Long Flounder. Our acquaintance with this recent and rare acquisition, is exclusively derived from Mr. Yarrell's interesting and instructive pages. He regards it as quite new to Ichthyology, and only two specimens have yet been obtained. These were found by Sir. Baker, at Stoford, in Bridgewater Bay, in the month of December. The name expresses its most characteristic attribute; the length being much greater in proportion to the breadth than in any other British Platessa. The fins are soft, the rays not projecting, and the dorsal and anal extend to the very root of the tail; the latter elongated with the sides parallel. The body is very thin, and the lateral line runs directly along the middle, and has a very short and slight bend over the base of the pectoral. The outline of the head inclines to circular; the jaws nearly equal and each furnished with a single row of small and regular teeth. Prom the further description given hereafter, this will be found to constitute a very distinct and well marked species. Gen. LXXXII. Hippoglossus.--In this genus, which contains only one British species and that the largest of all our flat-fish, the body is oblong, and much narrower in proportion to the length than in Platessa, the fins similar to those of that genus; jaws and pharynx with sharp and strong teeth; eyes and colour on the right side, at least in our native example of this group. (Sp. 175.) H. vulgaris. The Holibut. This fish generally measures from three to six feet, and two instances are on record of it attaining the dimensions of seven feet and a half, and weighing three hundred and twenty ...
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