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Thus, the genus Solca i8io (see also Quensel, i8o6, p. 230, genus 

 Solea, with .S. vulgaris, syn. Pleuronectes solea Linn.) contains the 

 species Pleuronectes solea, which in 1806 and 1810 became the type of 

 Solea by absolute tautonymy (Article 3od), and the Linnsean species 

 Pleuronectes rhombus and Pleuronectes maximus were placed (1810) 

 in Scophthalmus. 



Cuvier (1817, pp. 218-224, Regne Animal) distributes the Linnaean 

 species of Pleuronectes L. as follows (" Nous les divisions comme il 

 suit ") : 



Pleuronectes [no species mentioned as type, and no subgenus mentioned as 

 Pleuronectes]. 

 subg. Platessa Cuvier, 1817, contains — 



La Plie franche ou Carrelet (Pleiir. platessa L.) [type by absolute tau- 

 tonymy]. 

 Le Plct ou Picaud (Pleur. ftesus L.). 

 La Limande {Pleiir, limanda L.). 

 subg. Hippoglossus Cuvier, 1817, contains — 



Le Fletan {Pleuronectes hippoglossus) [type by absolute tautonymy], and 

 several species in footnote, 

 subg. Rhombus Cuvier, 1817 [not Rhombus Lacepede, 1800, of which the type 

 is alepidotus teste Jordan & Evermann, not Rhombus Da Costa, 1776, 

 mollusk, not Rhombus Humph., 1797, mollusk, not Rhombus Montf., 

 1810, mollusk], contains— 

 Le Turbot {Pleuronectes maximus) (" Le pi. passer d'Artedi et de Linn. 



n'est point different du turbot"). 

 La Barbue {Pleuronectes rhombus) [type by absolute tautonymy] ; he 

 mentions also Pleuronectes nudus Risso, Diaphanus Sh., Arnoglossum 

 Rondelet, and further, in footnote, several other species, 

 subg. Solea Cuvier, 1817, containing — 

 Pleuronectes solea L. [type by absolute tautonymy]. 

 Pleuronectes cynoglossus L. 

 subg. Monochires Cuvier, 1817 [not clear whether French or Latin], con- 

 taining — 

 'Lq Linguatula Rondelet {Pleuronectes microchirus). 

 subg. Achirus Lacepede, 1802, containing — 

 Pleuronectes achirus L., and in footnote several other species including 

 Pleuronectes lineatus [author not given], 

 subg. Plagusia Brown, 1756, not Plagusia Latreille, 1806, crustacean. 



Fleming, 1828,' " in the enumeration of British animals contained 

 in this volume " (p. xviii), " as a compiler " (p. xxi), gives descrip- 



History of British Animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and 

 systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, 

 reptiles, fishes, mollusca, and radiata of the United Kingdom; including the 

 indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occa- 

 sional visitors." 



