LIST OF THE FISHES OK BHKWICKSII | HP. 175 



66. CYCLOPTBRUS MONTAGUI, Don. Liparis Montagui, Flem. Mon- 



tagu's Sucking-fish, Yarr. Rare. 



67. ANGUILLA ACUTIROSTRIS, Yarr. Common Eel, Penn. Sharp-nosed 



Eel, Ynn: Common. 



68. ANGUILLA' LATIROSTRIS, Yarr. The Broad-nosed Eel, Yarr. Dr 



Parnell gave me a small specimen taken in the Tweed, where I 

 believe it is not uncommon, and is distinguished from the others 

 by the name of Silver-Eel. 



69. CONGBR VULGARIS, Cue. Anguilla Conger, Jenyns. Conger, Penn. 



The Conger-Eel. Not common. Attains a large size. 



70. AMMODYTES TOBIANUS, Bloch. Sand-Launce, Penn. The Sand- 



Eel. On sandy parts of the coast, whence it is dug with an old 

 hook at low tide. 



71. AMMODYTES LANCEA, Cuv. The Sand-Launce, Yarr. More com- 



mon than the preceding, from which it is not distinguished by our 

 fishermen. 



72. SYNGNATHUS ACUS, Linn. Pipe-fish, Penn. The Great Pipe-fish, 



Yarr. Not common. 



73. SYNGNATHUS ^EQUOREUS, Linn. The ^Equoreal Pipe-fish, Yarr. 



Rare. A fine specimen, taken in our Bay, was brought to me 

 alive ; and Mr Embleton has also had it from near Dunstanborough 

 Castle. According to M. Fries the Syng. ophidion of Jenyn* and 

 Yarrelli (not of Linn.), is the male of this species. See Annals of 

 Nat. Hist. ii. p. 103. 



74. SYNGNATHUS LUMBRICIFORMIS, Yarr. (not of Jenyns according to 



M. Fries). Little Pipe-fish, Penn. The Worm Pipe-fish, Yarr. 

 Apparently not rare, lurking among the coarser wracks (Fuci) be- 

 tween tide marks. 



75. ACIPENSER STURIO, Linn. The Sturgeon. One or more speci- 



mens are almost annually taken in our bay or river. 



76. SQUALUS CANICULA, Linn. Scyllium Catulus, Flem. The Small- 



spotted Dog-fish, Yarr. Rare. 



77. SQUALUS CORNUBICUS, Gmel. Lamna cornubica, Flem. Porbeagle 



Shark, Yarr. I have seen several specimens of this Shark taken 

 in our bay from five to eight feet in length. It is undoubtedly of 

 this species that Wallis gives the following account : " An exotic 

 ^ and singular-coloured Shark was taken in a salmon-net at the 

 Mtinm of the Tweed, a little above the bridge, in September 1757. 

 It was six feet long, and of a greenish colour ; the mouth armed 

 with teeth large and formidable. The fishermen, on first hauling 

 the net, were in rapturous expectation of an extraordinary and 

 unusual draught of salmon, but on drawing it near to the shore, 

 great was their consternation and surprise on the sight of this 

 dangerous creature, which made the water fly about their ears to a 



