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  THE 
  VEKTEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Pleuronectes 
  flesus, 
  Linn. 
  Flounder. 
  " 
  Beggar 
  Fluke." 
  

   "Freshwater 
  Fluke." 
  " 
  Biggar 
  Fluke." 
  

  

  Common 
  both 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  and 
  in 
  our 
  rivers, 
  up 
  which 
  

   it 
  ascends 
  for 
  many 
  miles. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SOLEA, 
  Cwoier. 
  

  

  Solea 
  vulgaris, 
  Quensel. 
  "Common 
  Sole." 
  "Rock 
  Sole." 
  

   "English 
  Sole." 
  "Black 
  Sole." 
  "Tongue 
  Sole." 
  

   "Sole 
  Fluke." 
  

  

  Not 
  an 
  abundant 
  species. 
  A 
  few 
  are 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl, 
  and 
  

   more 
  rarely 
  by 
  line. 
  

  

  Solea 
  lascaris, 
  Gunther. 
  Lemon 
  Sole. 
  

  

  " 
  Rare." 
  (Edward.) 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  this 
  species 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  coast, 
  nor 
  even 
  heard 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Solea 
  variegata, 
  Flem. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  names 
  "Pleuronectes 
  variegatus, 
  Variegated 
  Soal, 
  

   or 
  Spotted 
  Soal," 
  Arbuthnot 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  These 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  

   occasionally, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  rare 
  fish." 
  

  

  Although 
  no 
  notice 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  Edward 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  

   the 
  Moray 
  Firth, 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  Appendix 
  to 
  his 
  " 
  Life 
  " 
  by 
  

   Smiles 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  Fishes 
  of 
  Banffshire 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   Naturalist, 
  he 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  say 
  by 
  Day, 
  in 
  his 
  Fishes 
  of 
  Britain, 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  " 
  met 
  with 
  occasionally 
  off 
  Banff." 
  The 
  writer 
  can 
  

   find 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence, 
  nor 
  has 
  he 
  ever 
  seen 
  it 
  

   himself. 
  

  

  Solea 
  lutea, 
  Bonap. 
  "Solonette." 
  "Little 
  Sole." 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  cod 
  and 
  haddock." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  "Common 
  at 
  St. 
  Andrews." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  taken 
  this 
  species 
  by 
  trawl 
  

   in 
  Aberdeen 
  Bay. 
  

  

  