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1891, between the Eddystone and Eame Head in twenty-five 



fathoms, and another — a ripe female — in March, 1892, six miles 



from Plymouth Breakwater. The Sail-fluke, Megrim, or Merry 



Sole (Lepidorhombus megastoma, Don.) is usually plentiful on the 



trawling-grounds along the south, is the commonest of flat-fish 



in the neighbourhood of Land's End, and is taken in quantity 



about the mouth of the Bristol Channel. It rarely comes into 



shallow water, but two were taken with bait close inshore at Port 



Isaac in April, 1902, after a storm. The Scald-fish or Scald-back 



(Amoglossus latema, Walb.) is common all round the coast on 



sand or gravel — the young inshore, the mature fish on the 



trawling-grounds. It is locally abundant in Mount's Bay, Land's 



End, and the Bristol Channel. Two specimens of the Broad 



Scald-fish (A. grohmanni, Bonap.), both females full of spawn, 



were trawled by Holt in Gerran's Bay in July, 1897 (M. B. A.). 



Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa, L.) is usually abundant all round 



the coast, but most of the fish are immature, and consequently 



undersized. Certain well-defined areas between Polperro and 



Fowey and in the east end of Gerran's Bay are among the 



finest Plaice-grounds in the county. Great shoals often appear 



in the more protected bays in the autumn. As winter comes on 



they pass into deep waters, but these they gradually leave in 



early spring, and in May are often fairly close inshore. The 



Lemon Dab (P. microcephalics, Don.) is somewhat local, but on 



the whole common along the south coast on trawling-grounds in 



clear water. The deep-sea trawlers at Newlyn often obtain it in 



quantity (Dunn/.). In the county it is often called the Merry 



Sole. The Dab (P. limanda, L.) is still common on a sandy 



bottom along the south coast, and locally in the mouth of the 



Bristol Channel, but Dunn /. says it is not so plentiful as twenty 



years ago. The Witch or Pole Dab (P. cynoglossus, L.) is a rare 



casual. Dunn/., in 1905, saw two that had been brought into 



Newlyn by deep-sea trawlers. The Flounder (P.flesus, L.) is 



very common in the estuaries all round the coast, passing out 



into the open sea in spring for spawning purposes. The Sole 



(Solea vulgaris, Quensel) is common all round the coast, and, 



according to Dunn/., has not diminished in numbers during the 



last few years, as is apparently the case elsewhere. The Lemon 



Sole (S. lascaiis, Piisso) is a rare casual in Cornish waters, 



