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BILINEATED SOLE. 



Pleuronectes Bilineatus. P.fuscus, pinna dorsali, anali, cauda- 



lique unitis, lineis lateralibus duabus. 

 Brown Sole, with dorsal, anal, and caudal fin united, and two 



lateral lines. 



Pleuronectes bilineatus. P. lineis latwalibus duabus. Block, t. 

 188. 



Shape resembling that of the Zebra Sole : colour 

 above pale brown, beneath rufous white : scales 

 small, round, and denticulated : head larger than 

 in the rest of the Soles : mouth small : dorsal and 

 anal fin united, as in the Zebra Sole, with the tail, 

 which is of a slightly pointed shape : native of 

 China : particularly distinguished by having two 

 lateral lines, one running strait along the middle., 

 the other near the back. 



ORNAMENTED SOLE. 



Pleuronectes Ornatus. P. subfuscus, maculis ocellatis albis medio 

 fuscis. 



Brownish Sole, with white ocellated spots with brown centres. 

 Achirus ornatus. Cepede 4. p. 663. 



Shape like that of the preceding : colour pale 

 brown above, with eight or nine deep-brown trans- 

 verse bands : scales small, round, and denticulated : 

 lateral line running in the direction of the back : 

 observed by Cepede in the collection of the Prince 

 of Orange. 



