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The teclinical names given above are in all cases those used by 

 Day in his Fishes of G-reat Britain and Ireland, 1880 — 1884. 



The following are the names given by Yarrell for some of the 

 species where vulgar nomenclature is the most uncertain. 



Names given by Yarrell, British Fishes, 1836. 

 Species. Name preferred. Stfnonyms given. 



Pleuronectes microcephalus ...Lemon dab, or smooth dab ...Smear-dab; sandfleuk, Edinh.; 



town dab, Hastings; Mary 

 sole, Devonshire. 



Arnoglossus megastoma .. ...The whiff Carter, Cornwall. 



Arnoglossus laterna The scaldfish Megrim, Cornwall; smooth 



sole. 



Solea lascaris Lemon sole French sole, Sussex coast. 



Solea variegata Variegated sole. 



Atherina presbyter Atherine or sandsmelt. 



With these may be compared the vernacular names given by 

 Couch. 



Names given hy Couch in his Fishes of the British 

 Islands, 1864. 



Species. Name preferred. Synonyms given. 



Pleuronectes microcephalus ...Smear dab Lemon dab, lemon sole, queen, 



smooth dab. 



Arnoglossus megastoma Carter Mary sole, queen's sole?, Ian- 

 thorn fish, whiff. 



Arnoglossus megastoma Sail fluke (described as a distinct species). 



Arnoglossus laterna Megrim Scald-fish. 



Solea lascaris Lemon sole Sand-sole. 



Solea variegata Variegated sole Thickback, bastard sole, red- 

 backed sole. 



Solea minuta Solenette Little sole. 



Atherina presbyter Atherine Smelt, sand smelt, guid (mean- 

 ing white) in W. Cornwall. 



Gadus luscus Bib Whiting pout, blens, blinds. 



As will be seen from the above, Pleuronectes microcephalus is a 

 species whose vernacular name is highly variable. In Plymouth I 

 have never heard it called by any other name than " merry sole ;" 

 this is obviously the same as " Mary sole/' which Yarrell says is 

 applied to it in Devonshire, and by which it is known on the West 

 Coast of Ireland (Co. Kerry). In the neighbourhood of the Firth 

 of Forth this fish is invariably called the " lemon sole," a name 

 for it which is mentioned by Couch. In London also it is sold 

 under this name. Plymouth fishmongers sell Arnoglossus megastoma 



