^^2 PISCES. 



the maxillary, on the side on which the eyes are placed, is* a small 

 salient hook, and sometimes a second one is found over the lower 

 eye. Species of this description are taken in the Mediterranean.(l) 



SOLEA, CuV. 



The mouth twisted to the side opposite to the eyes, and on that 

 side only furnished with very minute and crowded teeth, the oppo- 

 site one being edentated. The form is oblong; snout rounded, and 

 generally projecting beyond the mouth; the dorsal commencing at 

 the mouth, and extending, as well as the anal, to the caudalj lateral 

 line straight; side of the head opposite to the eyes usually covered 

 with a sort of viUosity. The intestine is long and has several flex- 

 ures, but no caecum. 



PL solea, L.; Bl., 45. (The Sole.) A well known and com- 

 mon species; brown on the side in which the eyes are placed; 

 pectorals spotted with black. Sec an excellent fish. 

 There are several other species, particularly in the Mediterra- 

 nean.(2) 



In some foreign species there is no distinction between the three 

 vertical fins.(3) 



MoNocHiRus, Cuv. 



^ One extremely small pectoral on the side with the eye, the oppo- 

 site one almost imperceptible or totally wanting. 



Pleur. microchirus, Laroche, Ann. Mus.' XIII, 356; Lingua- 

 tula, Rondel., 324. A Mediterranean species. (4) 



(1) Pleur. podas, Laroche, Ann. du Mus , XIII, xxiv, 14, or Fl. rhomboYdes, 

 Rondel, 313, which is also the same as the Fl. argus and mancus of Risso, Ed. I- 

 Pleur.mancus, Brousson. Dec. Ictht., pi. iii, iv;-P/. argus, BL, and lunatus, Gm., 

 Bl. 48, or better Catesby, Carol., XXVII. 



(2) The Pole of Belon, 143, and of Uondel., 323, different from the one sold at 

 Pans, which is a Platessa, according to these authors, has the eyes on the left- I 

 am not sure it is the Rh. polus, Riss., Ed. II, f. 32, in which the eyes are on the 

 right; the Fl. ocellatus, Sch., 40, the same as the Fl. Rondcletii, Sh., Solea ocu- 

 lata,ovPegouze, Rondel., 322;-P/. la-miris, Risso, Ed. I, pi. vii, f. 32, and other 

 foreig-n species to be described in our Hist, des Poissons. 



(3) Fl. zebra, m., 187-RI. plagiusa, L.;Fl. orientalis, Schn., 157;~PL 

 Commersomen, Lac, III, xii, 2, or Jerre potoo, A, Russel, 70; but the description 

 Lacep., IV, 656, belongs to another species of the subgenus Rhombus; the 

 Horned-^ole, Russ., 7% an incorrect figure ;-P/. jm-eus, Cuv., or Jerre potoo, 15, 

 Russel, 7\\Fl. pan, Buch., XIV, 42. 



(4) It is probably the Pleur. maugllii, Risso, 310. Other species exist, some of 

 winch are unquestionably confounded with the Achiri of authors. The PL iri- 

 chodadylus, must also belong to this subgenus. Add the pegouze of Risso, 308, 

 Ed. II, f. 33; J/o72. theophile. Id, 



