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PLEUJIONECTID.E. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



PLEURONECTID^. 





THE VARIEGATED SOLE. 



Monochirtis linguatulus, 

 Solea parva sive lingula, 



Pole panach6e, 

 Pleurnnectes lingula, 



,, variegatus, 

 Solea variegata, 



CuviER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 343. 



RONDELETIUS. 

 WiLLUGHBY, p. 102, F. 8, fig. 1. 



DuHAMEt,, sect. ix. pi. 2. 



Redbacked Flounder, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. 



p. 313, pi. 49. 

 Variegated Sole, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 117. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 197, sp. 102. 



Generic Characters. — The pectoral fin on the upper or eye side small ; that 

 on the under side minute, almost imperceptible, or entirely wanting : in other 

 respects like Solea. 



The Variegated Sole appears, like the Lemon Sole 

 last described, to be a rare species, and but few specimens 

 are to be found in collections, tliough it seems to have a 

 wide range. According to Professor Reinhardt, it is found 

 on the shores of Scandinavia. In the Magazine of Natural 

 History, conducted by Mr. Loudon, a notice appears, vol. vi. 

 page 530, that it has been taken at Rothsay. Mr. Dono- 

 van obtained one seven inches long in the London market ; 

 and Mr. Jenyns has described this fish in his Manual from a 



