402 SYNOPSES. 



jaws nearly equal ; upper eye largest and placed more 

 backwards than the other : colour pale yellow-brown. 

 Cuv. Reg. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. p. 345. Pleuronec- 

 tes-casurus, Penn. Brit. Zod., p. 325, pi. 53. 

 GEN. LXXXIV. SOLEA. Eyes and colour on the right side ; 

 month turned to the side opposite the eyes, and having on that 

 side only numerous fine teeth ; snout rounded, and projecting 

 beyond the mouth ; pectorals of moderate size and nearly 

 equal. 



Sp. 1 82. S. vulgaris. Common Sole. Greatest breadth not 

 half the length ; anterior part rounded ; upper jaw rather 

 longest ; lateral line central and straight till it reacli the 

 operculum ; scales small and oblong, their free edges ci- 

 liated ; dorsal and anal fins reaching to the base of the 

 caudal ; colour of the upper side dark brown, the edges of 

 the scales deeper, pectoral tipped with black ; under side- 

 white. Cuv. Rerj. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. p. 347. Pleu- 

 ronectes solea, Linn., Penn. tirit. Zool., in. 311. 

 Sp. 183. S. peyusa. Lemon Sole. Greatest breadth equal 

 to half the length ; head small ; upper side light orange- 

 brown, freckled with small round spots of dark nutmeg- 

 brown ; under side of the head almost smooth, the colour 

 of the whole under side white. Yarr. Zool. Journ., iv, 

 p. 467, pi. 16 ; Brit. Fish., ii. 351. 



GEN. LXXXV. MONOCHIRUS. Pectoral on the eye side of 

 the body very small ; that on the opposite side rudimentary or 

 altogether wanting ; in other respects as in Solea. 



Sp. 184. M. variegatus. Variegated Sole. Body oblong- 

 oval, very thick, scales large, the edges ciliated ; lateral line 

 straight ; pectoral on the under side consisting of only two 

 unequal short rays ; colour of the upper side reddish-brown, 

 clouded with darker brown ; under side white. Yarr. Brit. 

 Pish., ii. 353. Pleuronectes lingula, Penn. Brit. Zool., \\\. 

 p. 313, pi. 49 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 117. 

 Sp. 1 85. M. linguatulus. Solenette. Form somewhat re- 

 sembling that of Solea, vulgaris % but more wedge-shaped ; 

 the caudal extremity gradually becoming narrow ; eyea 



