VARIEGATED SOLE. 



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SUBBRACH1AL 



MALACOPTERYG1I. 



PLEURONECTIDJE. 



THE VARIEGATED SOLE. 



Pole panachee, DUHAMEL, sect. ix. pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Pleuronectes tinguta, Itedbacked Flounder, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 313, 



pi. 49. 



,, variegatus, Variegated Sole, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 117. 



Solea variegata, ,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 197, sp. 102. 



Monochirus variegatus, THOMPSON, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 404. 



MONOCHIRUS. Generic Characters. The pectoral fin on the upper or eye side 

 small; that on the under side minute, almost imperceptible, or entirely wanting: 

 in other respects like Solea. 



THE VARIEGATED SOLE appears, like the Lemon Sole 

 last described, to be a rare species, and but few specimens 

 are to be found in collections, though it seems to have a 

 wide range. According to Professor Reinhardt, it is found 

 on the shores of Scandinavia. In the Magazine of Natural 

 History, conducted by Mr. London, a notice appears, vol. vi. 

 page 530, that it has been taken at Rothsay. Mr. Donovan 

 obtained one seven inches long in the London market. 

 Colonel Montagu mentions that Dr. Leach bought three in 



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