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CHAPTER VI. 



SO LEA LUTE A, BONAPARTE. 



[PLATE VII, FIGS. 3 AND 4J 



Synonymy. 



" Solea parva sive lingula," Rondeletius, 1554, De Piscibus Marinis, xi, c. 15, p. 32, 



with fig. 



"La petite Sole," Rondelet, 1558, French edition. 

 " Pleuronectes luteus," Risso, 1810, Iclitli. de Nice, p. 312. 

 " Rhombus luteus," Risso, 1826, Hist. Nat. Eur. Mer., t. iii, p. 257. 

 " Solea lutea," Bonaparte, 1841, Fauna Italica, t. iii, p. 28. 



" Monochirus minutus," Parnell, 1837, Mag. Zool. and Hot., vol. i, p. 527, pi. 16, No. 2. 

 " The Solenette," Yarrell, 1839, Brit. Fishes, first edit. Suppl., p. 36. 

 " Monochirus linguatulus," Thompson, 1839, Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. ii, p. 405. 

 " Solea lutea," Giinther, 1862, Cat. Brit. Mus., vol. iv, p. 469. 

 " Solea minuta," Giinther, 1862, ibid., p. 470. 



THE above table includes the characters of only a very small number of specimens, as 

 I have not had an opportunity of examining more. The measurements of the total 

 length show that this is the smallest species of the five. The head is longer in 



