SOLENETTE. 
LITTLK S^OT.?;. 
Solea parva, sive Lingula, Wiliottgubt; p. 102. Tablp F. 8, f. 1, 
Monochirus minutus, Pabnell; Miigazine of Zoology and Bolany. 
" linguatulus, vol. i, p. 627, pi. 16. 
Yakrell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 355. 
Solea minuta, Gunther; Cat. Br. Miuseum, vol. iv, p. 47C 
Ihis smallest of the Soles has always been hnown as a distinct 
species by fisbcimen, although disregarded by them as of little 
value for the market; and in consequence of this it remained 
only ohscui-cly known to naturalists until it was noticed by 
Dr. Parnell, who found it in some abundance in trawls on the 
south coast of Devonshire. It is also common in Cornwall, 
where this method of fishing is practised; but I do not know 
of an instance where it has been taken with a line; which may 
be because it keeps at a good distance from land, where no 
hooks are employed of so small a size as could be supposed to 
enter its mouth. Sometimes also it is procured from the stomach 
of the larger fishes. 
ihe length of the example selected for description was five 
inches, which appears to be the usual size; breadth one inch 
and five sixths, exclusive of the fins: the general proportions as 
in the Sole, but more tapering towards the tail. The forehead 
rises in a curve, but is less rounded than in the Lemon Sole. 
The mouth twisted, and large in proportion; jaws more eqnal 
than in the Common Sole; but the under jaw jrrojects, and has 
prominent teeth, those in the upper side small. Eyes near each 
other, the right eye near the angle of the mouth, both sunk 
in the surface; nostrils close in front of the right eye. Head 
