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LIPARIS MONTAGUI (Donovaii). 

 EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat Hist.," 1900, p. n. 



Montagu's Sucker was, I believe, first recorded for the Firth of 

 Forth in the year 1890, when several immature and post-larval 

 specimens were captured by the " Garland " (MTntosh, " Rep. Fish. 

 Board Scot.," 1889, part iii. pp. 288, 336, 337). 



Since 1890, a number of specimens, chiefly of similar age, were 

 taken by the " Garland," both at the surface and on the bottom, at 

 the various stations in the Firth. Four miles east of the Isle of 

 May, a specimen, 3 mm., was taken in the 10 fathom tow -net, 

 and one 9 mm. in the bottom net, on nth May 1891. 



LABRUS MIXTUS, Linnceus. 



Labrus carneus, PARNELL, pp. 255-259. " Dr. Neill has recorded it 

 in the ' Wernerian Transactions ' [i. p. 538] as found in the Firth 

 of Forth. In this locality it is undoubtedly a rare fish, as not 

 a single specimen has occurred to me from that quarter " 

 (P- 259). 



To this I can only add a single record one that I should like 

 to see confirmed. 



The late Mr. Robert Gray ("Zoologist," 1849, P- 2 5 J S) says 

 " that the ballan wrasse (Labrus maculatus), and the red or trima- 

 culated wrasse (L. carneus} " are " common in some localities near 

 the shore " at Dunbar. 



GADUS MINUTUS, Linncei/s. 

 EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1900, pp. 13-14. 



Though not an abundant species in the Firth, yet the Power 

 Cod cannot be considered a rarity. In his " Resources of the 

 Sea," Professor M'Intosh indicates (Table XI.) that sixty-six mature 

 examples were obtained by the " Garland," in the decade 1886-1895. 



MERLUCCIUS VULGARIS (Cuvier) [MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS (Z.)]. 



PARNELL, pp. 350-352. "About two years ago, a single specimen 

 was taken in a stake-net near Musselburgh, and sent to the 

 Edinburgh market, where it appeared to be unknown " (p. 351). 



The Hake is evidently an uncommon fish in the Firth. During 

 the eleven years' trawling experiments conducted on board the 

 " Garland," thirty-two examples only were captured, seven of which 

 were immature. They were captured in all parts of the Firth below 

 Inchkeith, and at all seasons of the year. The largest of these 

 was 40 inches in length, and was taken at Station 5, on the 3oth 

 May 1893. 



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