SOLEIDAE 363 



Family SOLEIDAE 



Genus Solea, Quensel 



Quensel, 1806, Vet. Akad. Hand!, xxvii, p. 229. 



Solea (Dicologlossa) chirophthalmus, Regan. 



Solea chirophthalmus, Regan, 1915, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xv, p. 129. 

 Dicologlossa chirophthalmus, Chabanaud, 1927, Bull. Inst. Ocean. Monaco, 488, p. 28. 



St. 274. 4. viii.27. Off St Paul de Loanda, Angola; from 8° 40' 15" S, 13° 13' 45" E to 

 8° 38' 15" S, 13° 13' 00" E. Large otter trawl, 64-65 m.: grey mud. 2 specimens, 145-210 mm. 



Hab. West Africa. 



Known previously only from the types (170-200 mm.) from Lagos. 



Genus Heteromycteris, Kaup 



Kaup, 1858, Arch. Naturg. xxiv, i, p. 103. 



Heteromycteris capensis, Kaup. 



Kaup, 1858, t.c. p. 103 ; Chabanaud, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) xx, p. 525. 



St. 91. 8. ix. 26. 0-5 mile off Roman Rock, False Bay, South Africa. Large rectangular net, 

 35 m.: sand, i specimen, 104 mm. 



Hab. South Africa. 



Family CYNOGLOSSIDAE 



Genus Symphurus, Rafinesque 



Rafinesque, 1810, Indice Itt. Sicil. pp. 13, 52. 



Symphurus nigrescens, Rafinesque. 



Rafinesque, t.c. pp. 13, 52. 



Plagusia lactea, Bonaparte, 1833, Icon. Faun. Ital. (5). 



Symphurus lactea, Kyle, 1913, Rep. Danish Ocean. Exped. 1908-10, 11, A, i, p. 130, fig. 23. 



St. 274. 4. viii.27. Off St Paul de Loanda, Angola; from 8° 40' 15" S, 13° 13' 45" E to 

 8° 38' 15" S, 13° 13' 00" E. Large otter trawl, 64-65 m.: grey mud. 6 specimens, 23-77 ™^^- 



St. 279. 10. viii. 27. Off Cape Lopez, French Congo; from 8-5 miles N 71° E to 15 miles N 24° E 

 of Cape Lopez Light. Large otter trawl, 58-67 m. : mud and fine sand. 7 specimens, 62-90 mm. 



Hab. Mediterranean; West Africa. 



These small specimens appear to be identical with the species originally described 

 from the Mediterranean, but I have no material from the latter locality for comparison. 

 It has been recorded from the Bay of Biscay and from near the Azores. 



