FISHES OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 9 



intention to have published on this subject at present, but 

 Ichthyology is not well represented in our pages, and, as an 

 opportunity arose, I availed myself of it. 



The Firth of Forth is here considered to be bounded on 

 the east by a line drawn from St. Abb's Head (outside the 

 Isle of May) to Fife Ness, and agrees with the area defined 

 by Dr. Parnell. 



Dr. Parnell's List included i 1 2 species, as we now 

 know them, and this contribution adds 28, making a grand 

 total of 140 species to date. 



SEBASTES NORWEGICUS (Ascamus). 

 TRAQUAIR, " Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin.," vol. x. p. 509 (1891). 



There is no record for this northern deep-water form within the 

 somewhat shallow waters of the Firth. The Bergylt is, however, 

 occasionally captured outside the Isle of May, and a specimen 

 obtained there was exhibited by Dr. Traquair (I.e.} at the meeting 

 of the Royal Physical Society on the igth of March 1890. 



SCORPyENA DACTYLOPTERA, DelarOcllC. 



SCOTT, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1894, p. 181. 



In 1894 Mr. Thomas Scott submitted to me a specimen which 

 had been captured by a Granton trawler to the south-east of the Isle 

 of May on the 22nd of March of that year. Mr. Scott (I.e.} also 

 records another example taken 1 7 miles north-east of Dunbar, on 

 the 3oth of April 1894. Neither specimen was full grown. 



This fish is common in deep water in the Mediterranean and 

 the North Atlantic as far north as Tromsoe. It was not added to the 

 British fauna until the year 1889, when one was obtained off the 

 south-west coast of Ireland ; but it was not detected in British waters 

 proper until 1893, when a specimen was taken on the Yorkshire coast 

 (see Eagle Clarke, " Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin.," vol. xii. pp. 94-101, 

 pi. xii., 1894). It has since proved to be not uncommon in certain 

 deeps in the Moray Firth. 



TRIGLOPS MURRAYI, Giinther. 

 EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1895, P- 2 3- 



Murray's Gurnard is one of the most interesting additions to 

 the fauna of the Firth of Forth. A specimen, 5 inches in length, 

 was submitted to me by Mr. Thomas Scott, which had been captured 



