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CHAPTER IV. 



SOLEA LASCARIS, Bonaparte 



[Plate YI.] 



Synony my. 



' Plenroncctes lascaris," Ri.sso, 1810, Ichthyologie de Nice, p. 311. 



' Solea lascai-is," Risso, 1826, Hist. Nat. de I'Eitr. Mer., t. iii, p. 249. 



'Solea nasuta," Nordm, iu Bemid. Vmj. Russ. Merid. Zool., iii, Poissom, Tab. .31. 



'Solea lascari.s," Bonaparte, 1841, Fauna Italica, t. iii, 27*, with 2 figures. 



' Solea pegusa," Yarrell, 1829, Zuol. Journal, vol. iv, p. 4^37, pi. IG. 



' Lemon Sole," Yarrell. 18:?6. Urif. Fishes, first edition, vol. ii, p. 2G0. 



'Solea aurantiaca," Giinther, 1802, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. iv, p. 407. 



' Solea la.scaris," Moreau, 1881, Poissons de la France, t. iii, p. 307. 



' Solea lascaris," Francis Day, 1884, Fishes, Gt. Brit, and Ire., vol. ii, p. 42, pi. 107 



Of tills species I have only been able to make a detailed examination of the four 

 specimens whose numerical peculiarities are given in the above table. 



Comparison of the above characters with those of Solea vuhjaris shows that the 

 presoit species is much broader in proportion to its length than the former, that the 

 proportion of the length of the head to the total length is abt)ut the same, that the 

 vertebras are fewer in number, and the scales larger iu proportion to the length of 

 the body. 



