SOLEA LUNATA Ef PUNCTATA, 
The Sole. 
<8 £2 HIS Fith was about tei inches 
long, and five in breadth, of 
an oval figure; to what big- 
nefs they arrive at I know 
not, this being the only one of the kind 
I have feen; the eyes ate both placed on 
one fide: as in others of the Sole kind: 
from the nofe along the whole length of 
the back, almoft to the tail, runs a ftiff 
prickly fin; a fmall fin grows under the 
throat; and where this ends begins fuch 
another fin as that on the back, which 
extends along the belly almoft to the tail: 
the tail is in form of a rhombus or lo- 
The body of the Fifh brown, 
fprinkled over with figures of an oval form, 
zenge. 
being like femi-circles with their ends point- 
ing to one another, or like circles divided 
in the middle, of a bright blue colour ; 
whether they are eatable I know not, nor 
could I be informed, they being very rarely 
caught. 
AGHA E Poiffon ctoit long d’environ 
Z ey dix pouces, large de cing, &P 
3 de figure ovale. Fe ne fais 
jufques &@ quelle grandeur ils 
parviennent; car je wai jamais vil que 
celui-ci. Les yeux fout placés tous les deux 
da mime coté, comme dans les autres efpeces 
de Soles. 
depuis le nex prefque jufquwa la quetie, il 
ily 
a auffi une petite nageoire fous la Lorge 5 CP 
Sur toute la longueur du dos, 
y @ une nageotre roide & piquante. 
la ott elle finit, il en commence une autre 
femblable a celle du dos, &P qui s’étend fous 
tout le veutre, prefque jufgwa la quetie, 
qui eft ea forme de lozenge. Le corps du 
Poiffon eft brun, & parfemé de taches Pun 
bleu vif, de figure ovale, gui reflemblent a 
des demt-cercles, dont les extremités font 
tournées les unes vers les bikes ou comme 
Fe ue fais fi 
ces Poiffons font bons a manger; &? [on 
des cercles coupés au milieu. 
wa pu men infiruire, parce qu'on nen 
prewd que tres rarement. 
