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SMOOTH SOLE. 



Pleuronectes Diaphanus. P. candidus diaphanub, squamis 



tenuissimis deciduis. 

 White, transparent Sole, with small, thin, deciduous scales • 

 Arnoglossus, vel Solea laevis Rondeletii. Will, ichth. p> 102. 

 Smooth Sole. Venn, brit, zool. 3. 



Described by Ray, from Rondeletius and others, 

 as extremely thin, pellucid, and white, and covered 

 with scales so minute, and those immediately de- 

 ciduous, as to merit the appellation of smooth sole: 

 it is said to be a rare species, and to be found 

 about the coasts of Cornwall, where, from its trans- 

 parency, it is called the lantern-jish. 



BEARDED SOLE. 



Pleuronectes Barbatus. P. oblongus lavis, maxillis utrisqut 

 latere albo cirrosis, pinnis pectoralibus nullis, corpore albo- 

 maculoso. Gronov, zooph. 1. p. 75. 



Oblong, smooth Sole, with whitish spots, both jaws deeply 

 bearded on the left side, and no pectoral fins. 



Described by Gronovius : shape similar to that 

 of the common Sole, but rather wider in propor- 

 tion : lips bearded on the left or uncoloured side, 

 the series of beards reaching from the under jaw to 

 the beginning of the ventral fins : colour, according 

 to Gronovius, brown with whitish circular spots : 

 native region unknown. 



