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MALACOPTERYGII.–PLEURONECTIDÆ.
marine, and are scattered over the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Pacific. Their flesh is generally in esteem.
Genus Rhombus. (Cuvier.)
The Turbots and Topknots are generically distinguished by the following characters. The jaws and throat (pharynx) are furnished with small, pointed, close-set teeth: the dorsal fin
TURBOT.
commences between the upper eye and the muzzle, and extends almost to the caudal, as does the anal on the opposite side: the eyes and colour are generally on the left side.
