12 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



BLENNIUS GATTORUGINE, Block. 

 GUNTHER, "Catalogue of Fishes," vol. iii. p. 213 (1861). 



According to Dr. Giinther (/.c.), there are five adult mounted 

 examples of the Gattoruginous Blenny in the British Museum 

 collection from the Firth of Forth. 



This is yet another species about which it is most desirable we 

 should have further information. It is said to have been captured 

 on two occasions at Banff by Edward. 



CARELOPHUS ASCANII ( Walbaum}. 



FULTON, "Rep. Fish. Board Scot.," 1889, part. iii. p. 357 (1890); 

 EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1895,0. 24. 



Dr. Wemyss Fulton (I.e.] records an example of Yarrell's Blenny, 

 5.5 inches long, which was caught on a baited line two miles off the 

 mouth of the Tyne on the 131!! of September 1889. 



A specimen 7.5 inches long was brought to me on the gth of 

 August 1894. It had just been captured off Craigleith on rocky 

 ground in 10 fathoms, and had taken a hook baited with mussel. 



Mr. Evans tells me that he took one from a rock-pool at North 

 Berwick in January 1896. 



Professor M'Intosh ("Marine Fauna of St. Andrews," p. 175) says 

 it is not uncommon in deep water, and occasionally in the stomach 

 of the Cod. 



LUMPENUS LAMPETRIFORMIS ( Walbaum). 



DAY, "Proc. Zool. Soc.," 1884, pp. 445-447, pi. xli., and "Rep. 

 Fish. Board Scot.," 1883, App., p. 78, pi. x. (1884); SCOTT, op. cif. 

 1888, part iii. p. 326 (1889); FULTON, op. at. 1889, part iii. p. 

 357 (1890); M'INTOSH, op. at. 1893, part iii. pp. 225-227, pi. iii. 

 fig. 2 (1894); EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1895, pp. 25, 

 26. 



This Blenny was described as new to the British fauna by Dr. 

 Day (I.e.], from a specimen captured 15 miles off St. Abb's Head 

 in May 1884. It was taken in a trawl in 40 fathoms of water, 

 and was sent to him by Professor MTntosh. 



In 1887 Mr. Scott (/.<:".) found specimens on several occasions 

 in the stomachs of Cod trawled in the Firth, but failed to identify 

 them owing to their mutilated condition. In the following year, 

 however, he took eight specimens in a shrimp-net, when trawling a 

 few miles east of Inchkeith. Since then there are several records 

 (Eagle Clarke, /..), and the fish seems to have thoroughly established 

 itself in the deeper waters of the Firth. 



