Note 2451 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
John Bostock translation
The pleuronectes in general, Cuvier says, have the two eyes situate on the same side of the body. The turbot has them on the left side, and lies on the sand on the right side, while the plaice or the flounder has the eyes on the right, and lies on the left side—the reverse of what Pliny says.