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together 12 lb., are in the Buckland Museum. Yarrell 

 mentions one 26 inches long and very thick, the largest he 

 had ever heard of, which was brought to the Totnes 

 market, and weighed 9 lb. 



B. One of the nostrils on the blind side dilated and fringed. 

 Lemon Sole (Solea lascaris). 



Names. The lemon sole from its colour ; sand sole from 

 the localities it frequents ; French sole ; Borhame, Northum- 

 berland. 



B. vii., D. 82-88, V. 5, A. 67-71, L. 1, 130-140, Vert. 46. 



Length of head 5^ to 6\ ; height of body 2f to 2f in the 

 1 length. Eyes. The superior half in advance of the 



"erior; about i^ diameters from the end of the snout, and 

 ut I diameter apart. This species is rather thicker 

 than the common sole. Upper jaw slightly longer than the 

 lower, but not produced into a lobe. The cleft of the mouth 

 extends to beneath the middle of the lower eye. Some 

 filaments on the snout, very numerous on the blind side of 

 the head, and also on the few first dorsal rays. Nostrils on 

 the coloured side tubular, the anterior one being the longer. 

 One of the nostrils on the blind side is nearly circular, very 

 wide, and encircled by short and branched filaments. 

 Teeth. Distinct on the blind side. Fins. The dorsal 

 commences in front of the upper eye ; most of the fin rays 

 branched. The two pectoral fins are equally long, and 2\ 

 in the length of the head. Scales. Ctenoid, continued on 

 to the fin rays. Colours. Of an orange or lemon yellow 

 marbled with darker and covered with numerous small 

 black blotches and dots, among which are some light or 

 even white ones. Pectoral fin with a large black blotch, 

 surmounted by a light ring in its posterior half. Vertical 



