90 FAUNA OF NORTH WALES 



78.— FLOUNDER, or FLUKE. Pleuronectes flesus. L. 

 Common in the estuaries and ascends rivers for many miles. 



79. — SOLE. Solea vulgaris. Quens. 

 Common. 



80.— LEMON SOLE, FRENCH SOLE, or SAND SOLE. 

 Solea lascaris. Risso. 



Not common. 



81.— SOLENETTE. Solea lutea. (Risso.). 



Fairly common. 



One of the most abundant of indigenous fishes in the shallow 

 waters of the Dee estuary (F. Fauna Cheshire). 



82.— THICKBACK. Solea variegata. (Donov.). 

 Occurs in the Dee estuary and elsewhere. 



83.— SHORT SUN FISH. Orthagwiscus mola. (L.). 

 Rare ; recorded five or six times. 



84.— ATHERINE, or SAND SMELT. Atherina j)re8hyter. 



Jen. 



Common at times. 

 85.— THIN-LIPPED GREY MULLET. Mugil capita. Cuv. 



Common at times. 



Mr. E. W. Bowcock has often seen quantities of Grey Mullet 

 in the Dysinni just below the bridge at Bryncrug, near Towyn : 

 he adds that in netting two nets are often used, one behind 

 the other, a yard or so apart, on account of the Mullet's 

 jumping proclivities. 



86.— LESSER, or THICK-LIPPED GREY MULLET. 

 Mugil chela. Cuv. 



Fairly common. 



