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CHAPTER VI. 



SO LEA LUTE A, Bonaparte. 



[Plate VIT, Figs. 3 and 4,] 



Synonymy. 



' Sulea parva sive lingula," Rondeletius, 1554, De Piscihus Mannis, xi, c. 15, p. 32, 



with fig. 

 ' La petite Sole," Rondelet, 1558, French edition. 

 ' Pleuronectes luteus," Risso, 1810, Ichth. de Nice, p. 312. 

 ' Rhombus luteus," Risso, 1826, Hist. Nat. Eur. Mer., t. iii, p. 257. 

 ' Solea lutea," Bonaparte, 1841, Faima Italica, t. iii, p. 28. 



'Monochirus minutus," Pamell, 1837,i»/a5r. Zool. and Bot., vol. i, p. 527, pi. 16, No. 2. 

 ' The Solenette," Yairell, 1839, Brit. Fishes, first edit. Suppl., p. 36. 

 ' Monochirus linguatulus," Thompson, 1839, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. ii, p. 405. 

 ' Solea lutea," Giinlher, 1802, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. iv, p. 469. 

 ' Solea minuta," Giinther, 1862, ibid., p. 470. 



The above table includes the characters of only a very small number of specimens, as 

 I have not had an opportunity of examining more. The measurements of the total 

 lencrth show that this is the smallest species of the five. The head is longer in 



