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CHAFfEK V. 



SOLE A VARIEGATA, FLEMING (DONOVAN). 

 [PLATE YH, FIGS, 1 AND 2.] 



Synonymy. 



' Pleuronectes variegatus," Donovan, 1808, Xat. Hist. Brit. Fishes, pi. 117 

 1 Pleuronectes mangilli," Risso, 1810, Ichth. Nice, p. 310. 

 1 Rhombus mangili," Risso, 1826, Hist. Nat. Eur. Her., p. 255. 

 Variegated Sole," Yarrell, 1836, Brit. Fishes, first edition, p. 262, 



Monoebirus variegatus," Thompson, 1839, Ann. Nat. Hist,, vol. ii, p. 404, 



Solea mangilii," Bonaparte, 1841, Fauna Italica, t. iii, 27**. 



Solea variegata," Fleming, Brit. Animals, p. 197 ; Giinther, Catal., iv, p. 469. 

 Variegated Sole," Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 203, pi. 177. 

 Solea variegata," Giinther, 1862, Brit. 3/ks. Catal., vol. iv, p. 469. 

 Microchirns variegatus," Moreau, 1821, Puissons de la France, t. iii, p. 317. 

 Solea variegata," Francis Day, 1884, Fislies Gt. Brit, and Ire,, vol. ii, p. 43, pi. 108, 

 fig.l. 



THE above figures show that while the two preceding species cannot be separated 

 by the range of variation of the numbers of fin-rays in the dorsal and anal fins, the 



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