Class IV. SOLE FLOUNDER. 311 



BsyXcvo-tro; Allien, lib. xiu.p. Pleuronectes Solea. Lin. syst. 6. Sole. 



288. Oppian Halieut. i. 99. 457. Gm. Lin. 1232. 



La Sole. Belon, 142. Gronov. Zooph. No. 251. 



Buglossus. Rondel. 32"0. Ges- Tunga, Sola. Faun. Suec. 



ner pise. 666. No. 326. 



Tungen. Schonevelde, 63. La Sole. Block Ichth. ii. 39. 



Pleuronectes oculis a sinistra tab. 45. 



corpore oblongo, maxilla Tie la Cepede Hist, des Pois- 



superiore longiore, squamis sons. iv. 623. 



•utrinque asperis. Arted. syn. 



32. 



JL HE sole is found on all our coasts, but those 

 on the western shores are much superior in 

 size to those of the north. On the former they 

 are sometimes taken of the weight of six or 

 seven pounds, but towards Scarborough they 

 rarely exceed one pound; if they reach two, it 

 is extremely uncommon. They are usually 

 taken in the trawl-net : they keep much at the 

 bottom, and feed on small shell fish. 



It is of a form much more narrow and oblong Descrip- 

 than any other of the genus. The irides are TlON ' 

 yellow ; the pupils of a bright sapphirine color ; 

 the scales are small, and very rough ; the upper 

 part of the body is of a deep brown ; the tip of 

 one of the pectoral fins black ; the under part 

 of the body is white ; the tail rounded at the 

 end. 



