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Plcuronectes punctatus.— Top-knot. Not un¬ 
common. 
* Pleuronectes arnglossus.— “ Scaldfish.” Said 
to have been found only as yet at Plymouth. Mr. 
Couch however recognizes it as Cornish. 
Solea vulgaris.— Sole. Common. 
* Solea variegata.—At Plymouth. (Hanmer.) 
Cornwall. (Mr Couch.) 
* Monochirus minutus. (Parnell.)— Little sole . 
Brixham. 
Platessa vulgaris.— Liaise. Common. 
Platessa Flesus. — Flounder. Common. Has 
through the effects of floods obtained a locality in 
Slapton Ley. 
Platessa Limanda.™Common. 
Hippoglossus vulgaris.— Holibut. Common. 
Anguilla vulgaris.— Eel. Eels devour the fry of 
their own kind. 
Anguilla Conger.— Conger eel. Abundant. 
* Ophidium imberbe.—Devon. (Montagu.) 
Leuciscus rutilus.— Roach. In Slapton Ley. 
Leuciscus phoxinus.— Minnow. Common in 
small streams. 
Leuciscus vulgaris.— Dace. Found in the Tamar. 
Leuciscus cephalus.— Chubb. In the Exe. 
(Turton and Kingston.) 
* Cyclopterus coronatus, (Couch) * Raniceps 
Jago, * Murana Helena, Little gorefisli, and * Mor- 
hua minutaliave been taken in Cornwall. 
The little Cyprinus auratus, or Golden carp , a 
naturalized species, is found as Mr. Bartlett informs 
me, in the stream at Brixham. 
AC ANTHOPTERYGIOUS FISHES. 
Cepola rubescens.— Redband fish. Two speci¬ 
mens recorded by Montagu as found off Devon. 
Found off Corn wall not uncommonly. (Couch) Since 
