A 72 LIST OF THE FISHES OF BERWICKSHIRE. 



25. ANARRHICHAS LUPUS, Linn. Wolf Fish, Yarr. Sea-Cat, Prov. 



Not uncommon. " An uglie fish to sight, and yet verie delicat in 

 eating, if it be kindlie dressed" It is seldom or never brought to 

 market, but the few who know its good quality, buy the fish when 

 offered to them. A fisherman having cut off the head of an indi- 

 vidual, attempted to remove the hook from the mouth upwards of 

 an hour afterwards, when the jaws closed so forcibly, that the teeth 

 were thrust through his thumb, and he was incapacitated for 

 work for a week after. The head of a skate will snap, and give 

 evidence of life the day after it has been removed from the body. 



26. GOBIUS BIPUNCTATUS, Yarr. The Doubly-spotted Goby, Yarr. 



In pools left by the recess of the tide. 



27. CALLIONYMUS LYRA, Linn. Gemmeous Dragonet, Penn. The 



Goldie, Prov. This remarkable and beautiful fish is not uncom- 

 mon on our coast. 



28. CALLIONYMUS DRACUNCULUS, Linn. Sordid Dragonet, Penn. Less 



common than the preceding. It appears to be now nearly estab- 

 lished that this is distinct from the preceding. 



29. LOPHIUS PISCATORIUS, Linn. Common Angler, Penn. The Fish- 



ing Frog, Yarr. The Sea Devil, Prov. Not uncommon. 



30. LABRUS MACULATUS, Block. Ballan Wrasse, Yarr. Sea Sow, Prov. 



Frequent, living near low-water marks in rocky places. 



31. LABRUS RUPESTRIS, Selby. Jago's Goldsinny, Selby. After a very 



severe storm in February 1836, numerous specimens of this pretty 

 fish were thrown ashore, of which five came into my possession. 

 Our fishermen considered it the young of the Sea Sow. 



32. CYPRINUS TINCA, Linn. Tench, Penn. Hirsel Lough, an arti- 



ficial piece of water, first filled in the month of December 1786. 

 Lord Home* 



33. LEUCISCUS PHOXINUS, Cuv. The Minnow. Common. 



34. GOBITUS BARBATULA, Linn. The Loach, Yarr. Beardie Loche, 



Prov. In the Tweed, and in several of our burns. 



35. Esox LUCIUS, Linn. Pike. Hirsel and Lithtilm Lochs, Tweed 



and Whiteadder, though rare in the latter, the Leet, Eden Water, 

 &c. In the Hirsel Loch, " the Pike run to a great size one of 

 them weighed 35 pounds, but from 10 to 20 pounds is the average 

 weight of those caught in the nets." Earl of Home. 



36. BELONE VULGARIS, Flem. The Garfish, Yarr. Greenbone, Prov. 



A few specimens are annually taken during the herring season. 

 When a paragraph in a provincial newspaper announces the capture 

 of a Sword Fish on our coast, the naturalist may register the latter 



I am not aware that the Carp (Cyprinus Carpio) is met with in any part of Ber- 

 wickshire. Gold and Silver Fish (C. auratus) are favourite ornaments in a room, 

 but seldom live long with us. 



