354 PLEURONECTID.E. 



Plymouth market in August 1808, and gave him one of 

 them, measuring nine inches in length, from which his notes 

 of the species were recorded in his MS. ; and Mr. Couch has 

 observed it in Cornwall, very kindly sending me a specimen, 

 from which the woodcut was executed. But little is known 

 of the habits of this species ; but it is stated in Pennant that 

 it appears about Plymouth in the spring. It has since been 

 found by Mr. William Thompson in Belfast Bay. 



It is immediately distinguished from either of the Soles 

 previously described here, by its variegated colour ; by its 

 scales, which are larger ; by its pectoral fins, which are much 

 smaller, that on the under side being very minute ; and by 

 the dorsal and anal fins, as shown in the cut, ending consi- 

 derably short of the tail. 



The whole length of the specimen described was five 

 inches; the breadth without the fins, one inch and three- 

 eighths; the length of the head compared to that of the 

 body alone, as one to four : the dorsal and anal fins ending on 

 the same plane, but not reaching the base of the caudal rays, 

 and both having the numerous rays projecting beyond the 

 edges of the connecting membranes, as shown in the cut ; the 

 right pectoral fin small, that on the under side consisting 

 only of two unequal, slender, and short rays. 



The fin-rays in number are 



D. 67 : P. right side 4 : left side 2 : V. 5 : A. 52 : C. 16. 



The body is thicker in proportion than either of the Soles 

 previously described ; the scales larger, the divisions strongly 

 marked, the edges ciliated, rough to the touch ; the lateral 

 line straight : the colour of the upper side reddish brown, 

 clouded both on the body and fins with darker brown ; the 

 under surface white ; scales also ciliated and harsh to the 

 touch. 



