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73. P. limanda, Linn. D a b . — C o m m o n to all sandy parts of English coast. A b u n d a n t fron Essex to Norfolk ; Southwold, Gorleston, etc. 74. P. Flesus, Linn. F l o u n d e r . — O u l t o n Broad, and in the O r e at both L a n g h a m and Snape bridges (Brook). Attached to a soft, clayey or m u d d y b o t t o m all r o u n d the English coast, hence especially prevalent in estuaries of our rivers at Harwich, Southwold, Lowestoft, Breydon, etc. Spawns in open sea during spring. 75. Hippoglossus vulgaris, Flem. Halibut.—Southwold Bay (Wake 1839, 242) ; Lowestoft and about Gorleston (Patterson). Seems to come no f u r t h e r south, and was unknown to D r . Laver f r o m Essex. 76. Hippoglossoides platessoides, Fab. L o n g Rough Dab. T h i s H. limandoides, G t h r . , has been noticed in Suffolk by only Patterson in 1905, who regards it as " rather r a r e " about Gorleston. 77. Solea vulgaris, Q u e n . Sole.—Common in Breydm W a t e r and fairly plentiful on the N e w c o m e Sand opposite L o w e s t o f t ; Southwold, where it a b o u n d s while quite young (Morley, Collings), to Essex. I t keeps close to sandy bottoms all round the English coast, feeding on fry of other fishes and the " smaller testaceous animals " (Yarrell) ; at Southwold, Wake in 1839 describes t h e m as swallowed " shell and all, as Soles are unprovided with any instrument to draw the fish from ts habitation. Amongst the shells most usually f o u n d in the stomachs of our Soles might be chiefly remarked the Turbo nivosus (animal limaae), a Venus (animal tethys), a Solen (animal ascidia) "—certainly we progress ! 78. S. lutea, Bonap. Solenet.—" Quite a b u n d a n t off the coast of Suffolk " ( T r . N o r f . Nat. Soc. xi, p. 596). Common on the Brown Ridges. 79. Rhombus maximus, Linn. Turbot.—Common about G o r l e s t o n ; fairly plentiful on the Lowestoft t r a w l i n g - g r o u n d s , and of considerable size ; sometimes taken in the inner harbour there, close to M u t f o r d l o c k ; S o u t h w o l d * Occasionallv completely ambicolorate. * " I am afraid that I was rather ambiguous (at page 60, supra) about the effect of the Earthquake's upheaval : I meant that it might ha\ uncovered ground-food which was attracting fish, not d r i v i n g the away. I am nearly sure, however, that I am right in the alteration the Gulf Stream's set for I have just heard the Board of T r a d e s opim° that fishing off Southwold pier is of such small use because the curr . e . had altered and still was altering from Smiths Knowl, some score mii off Gorleston. Such an alteration fully accounts for the many sm and very few large Turbot being caught upon this coast lately : they a deep-sea
fish."—J.
C . HERRINGTON, i n l i t . 6 J a n .
1933.