Note on some Supposed Hybrids between the Turbot and the Brill

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Author: Holt, Ernest W. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1895
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Lent; Turbot
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400000825; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400000825

The specimens conform to a type which appears to be fairly well known to Grimsby fishermen, and fish merchants, and which is always regarded by them as the offspring of the parents mentioned in the title. The object of the present note is to discuss the probabilities of the correctness of this diagnosis as fully as the material allows. The form can hardly be said to be rare, since within two years I have secured three specimens, while I have heard of several others having been present in the market. In some old manuscript notes kindly lent me by my friend Mr. G. L. Alward I find descriptions which apply to two fish of the same type, while Dr. Günther tells me that he has received several from London fish merchants.