232 SMO'OTH SOLE. Class IV. 



pounds, but towards Scarborough they rarely exceed 

 one pound j -if they reach two, it is extremely un- 

 common. 



^ They are ufually taken in the trawlnet: they 

 keep much at the bottom, and feed on fmall fhell 

 fifh. 

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

 than any other of the genus. The irides are yel- 

 low ; the pupils of a bright fappharine color : the 

 fcales are fmall, and very rough : the upper part 

 of the body is of a deep brov/n: the tip of one of 

 the pedloral fins black : the under part of the body 

 is white : the lateral line ftrait : the tail rounded at 

 the end. 



It is a fifh of a very delicate flavour ; but the 

 fmall foles are much fuperior in goodnefs to large 

 ones*. The chief fifhery for lYif^m \% ?ii Br ixh am 

 in "Tcrbay. 



lo8. Smooth Solea ? Quid. HaUeut. 124. 



Sole. ArnoglolTus leu Solea lasvis. WiL Icth. 102. Rcdifyn.pifc. 34. 



THIS, as defcribed by Mr, Ray\ (for we have 

 not feen it) is extremely thin, pellucid, and 



• By the antient laws of the Cinque ports, no one was to 

 take foles from the ill oi No--v ember to the 15th oi March \ 

 neither was any body to filh from fun fetting to fun-riling, 

 that the filh might enjoy their night-food. 



white, 



