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I'LEURO"NECTID.«. 



SUBBRACHIAL 



MALACOPTERYGIL . PLEURONECTIDJE. 







THE VARIEGATED SOLE. 



Monochirus linguatulus, Cuvier, Regne An, t. ii. p. 343. 

 Solea parva sive lingula, Rondeletius. 



WlLLUGHBY, p. 102, F. 8, fig. 1. 

 Pole panachie, Duhamei,, sect. ix. pi. 2. 



Pleuronectes lingula, Redbacked Flounder, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. 



p. 313, pi. 49. 

 ,, variegatus, Variegated Sole, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 117. 



Solea variegata, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 197, sp. 102. 



Generic Characters. — The pectoral fin on the upper or eye side small ; that 

 on the under side minute, almost imperceptible, or entirely wanting : in other 

 respects like Solea. 



The Vakiegated Sole appears, like the Lemon Sole 

 last described, to be a rare species, and but few specimens 

 are to be found in collections, though it seems to have a 

 "wide range. According to Professor Reinhardt, it is found 

 on the shores of Scandinavia. In the Magazine of Natural 

 History, conducted by Mr. Loudon, a notice appears, vol. vi. 

 page 530, that it has been taken at Rothsay. Mr. Dono- 

 van obtained one seven inches long in the London market ; 

 and Mr. Jenyns has described this fish in his Manual from a 



