470 PLETJEONECTID^. 



caudal), the length of the head one-fourth. Eyes close together. 

 Pectorals very small. Uniform yellowish ; some of the dorsal and 

 anal rays black. 

 Mediterranean. 



a. Four inches long. Dalmatia. 



14. Solea minuta. 



? Solea parva s. lingula, Rondel, xi. c. 15. p. 324 ; Gesner, Aquat. iii. 



lib. iv. p. 669 ; Aldrov. ii. c. 43. p. 237; Jonst. Pise. ii. lib. i. tit. 3. 



c. 2. a. 2. punct. 1. p. 58 ; Willughb. p. 102. tab. F. 8. fig. 1 ; Klein, 



Pise. Miss. iv. p. 32. no. 4. 

 Solenette, Dtihamel, iii. sect. 9. p. 258. pi. 2. figs. 1 & 2. 

 Monochirus minutus, Parn. Mag. Zool. S/- Bot. i. p. 527. 

 linguatulus, Thomps.Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 405; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 



2nd edit. ii. p. 355, and 3rd edit. i. p. 666 (not PI. linguatida, L.). 

 Solea lingula, Jen. Brit. Vert. p. 468. 

 Synaptura lingula, Kaup in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 97. 



D. 73. A. 57. L. lat. 75. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head one-fifth. Eyes close together. 

 Dorsal and anal fins slightly continuous with the caudal. Pectorals 

 minute. Reddish-brown ; every sixth or seventh ray of the dorsal 

 and anal fins black ; lower half of the right pectoral black. 



British coasts. 



a. Five inches long : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 h. Five inches long : stuffed : bad state. Brixham. 



C. No pectoral on the blind side. 



15. Solea monochir. 



Pleuronectes pegiisa, Bisso, Ichth, Nice, p. 310 (not LacSp.). 

 Monochirus pegusa, Risso, Eur. Merid. in. p. 257. fig. 33. 

 Pleuronectes trichodactylus, Nardo, Prodr. Adr. Ichth. no. 138 (not 



Naceari). 

 Solea monochir, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce. 



D. 56-61. A. 44-49. P. 7. L. lat. 63. 



No pectoral on the blind side ; the upper rays of the right pec- 

 toral prolonged ; ventrals separate from the anal fin. The height of 

 the body is two-fifths of the total length (without caudal), the length 

 of the head two-ninths ; one of the nostrils on the coloured side pro- 

 duced into a long tube. Brown, with irregular black spots. 



Mediterranean. 



a. Adult: stuffed. 

 6. Half-grown. 



c. Half-grown: skin. Mediterranean. 



d. Fine specimen. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 

 e-f. Fine specimens Malta. From Dr. GuUa's Collection. 



