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SMOOTH SOLE. 



Pleuronectes Diaphanus. P. candidus diaphanus, squamis 



tenuisswus deciduis. 



White, transparent Sole, with small, thin, deciduous scates. 

 Arnoglossus, vel Solea laevis Rondeletii. Will, ichth. p. 102. 

 Smooth Sole. Pern. brit. zoo/. 3. 



DESCRIBED by Ray, from Rondeletius and others, 

 as extremely thin, pellucid, and white, and covered 

 with scales so minute, and those immediately de- 

 ciduous, as to merit the appellation of smooth sole: 

 it is said to be a rare species, and to be found 

 about the coasts of Cornwall, where, from its trans- 

 parency, it is called the lantern-fish. 



BEARDED SOLE. 



Pleuronectes Barbatus. P. oblongus lcevis, maxillis ut risque 

 latere albo drrosis, pinnis pectoralibus nullis, corpora albo- 

 maculoso. Gronov. zooph. 1. p. 75. 



Oblong, smooth Sole, with whitish spots, both jaws deeply 

 bearded on the left side, and no pectoral fins. 



DESCRIBED by Gronovius : shape similar to that 

 of the common Sole, but rather wider in propor- 

 tion : lips bearded on the left or uncoloured side, 

 the series of beards reaching from the under jaw to 

 the beginning of the ventral fins : colour, according 

 to Gronovius, brown with whitish circular spots : 

 native region unknown. 



