Topknot

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 246

Topknot, the popular name of some small fishes of the same genus as the Turbot (q.v.) and brill. A typical representative is Rhombus punctatus, a fish about 6 inches in length and 4 in breadth. It occurs on British and other northern European coasts, living among rocks and seaweed, with which the brown colour spotted with black harmonises well.

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