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Norfolk; Sussex coast ; Devonshire ; Weymouth ; Corn- 

 wall. At Plymouth it is known as " merry sole ;" at Hove 

 as " the kit ;" at Penzance as " the queen " or " queen fish " 

 (Pennant) ; and it is taken in South Wales ; Swansea. 



Ireland. " Occasionally taken around the coast, but not 

 in large numbers in any part of it " (Thompson) and at all 

 seasons. 



Portrush, county Antrim, "not uncommon, as several 

 specimens may almost always be picked out of a night's 

 trawling." Ogilby mentions an example 17 inches long. 



3. Pole (Plenronectes cynoglossus). 



Names. Pole or craig-fluke, pole-dab. White sole, county 

 Down. La Plie Cynoglosse, French. 



B. v., D. 102-115, V. 5-6, A. 86-100, L. i, 115. 



Length of head 6 to 6 ; height of body 3J- to 4 in the 

 total length. Eyes. On the right side, and separated from 

 each other by a very narrow ridge, which is scaleless in small, 

 minutely scaled in large examples ; lower eye one-third in 

 advance of the upper, and 2 diameters in the postorbital 

 portion of the head. Lower jaw slightly the longer, and 

 with a tubercle below the symphysis. Maxilla extending 

 to beneath the front edge of the lower eye. Body very 

 thin. Teeth. In a single row, compressed, with their 

 crowns somewhat obtuse ; most developed on the blind 

 side. Fins. Dorsal commences over the centre of the 

 upper eye, its rays undivided, the longest being at its 

 middle ; posteriorly it terminates almost close to the root 

 of the caudal fin, which latter is wedge-shaped. Anal 

 similar to the dorsal, but its middle rays not so elongated. 

 A small spine, directed anteriorly, is situated in front of the 

 base of the anal fin. Scales. Cycloid on the blind side, 



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