PLATE LXIi. 
Pleuronectes squamis asperis, maxilla superiore longiore. Blochs 
Fisch. Deutschl. 2. p. 42. n. 4, 
Pleuronectes solea, coi pore aspero oblongo, maxilla superiore lon- 
giore, oris latere albo cirroso. Biiln. pisCi 
mass. p. 34. n. 47. 
Solea squamis minutis. Klein, miss. pise. 4. p. 31. n. 1. 
Solea. Pliti. Hist. Mund. lib. 19. c. 16. 20. 
Tungen, Schonevelde. 63. 
La Sole. Belon. 142. (ic. 
Buglossus. Rondel. 320. — Gessi. pise. 666. 
Buglossus, the Sole. Will. lehth. p. 100. 
Sole. Penn. Brit. Zool. Z.p. 231. sp. 107, 
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This common Fish is readily distinguished from all the other spe-r 
cies of the Pleuronectes tribe, by the oblong form of the body, th« 
roughness of the scales, and the protrusion of the lower jaw beyond 
the upper one, as Linnaeus mentions. The mouth is besides fringed 
on the side with veiy fine cirri. Above, the colour is an olivaceous 
brown, sometimes dark, and obscurely spotted with black : specimens 
do occasionally occur, in which the black spots are intermixed with 
others of a pale grey, or whitish hue. The tip of the pectoral fih 
on the upper side is black, Under surface of the fish dull white. 
Except the turbot, the Sole is held deservedly in much greater 
estimation for the table than the pther kinds of flat fish, and is by 
many considered superior even to that oF'the turbot. The flesh 
firm and whitCj and when in high perfection, of a most delicious 
flavour, 
