FISHES OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 11 



CAPROS APER (Limmus). 

 TRAQUAIR, "Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin.," vol. x. p. 506 (1891). 



A specimen of the Boar-fish, recently captured near the Isle of 

 May, was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Physical Society, on 

 the 2oth of February 1889, by Dr. Traquair. Another example 

 was obtained in the following year, also taken off May Island. 



GOBIUS PAGANELLUS, Gllli'lill. 



GUNTHER, "Catalogue of Fishes," vol. iii. p. 53 (1861). 



Dr. Giinther tells us that there is a half-grown specimen in the 

 collection of fishes in the British Museum from the Firth of Forth. 

 It would be both interesting and useful to obtain some further 

 information regarding this fish as a native of the Forth. 



APHIA PELLUCIDA (Nardo). 

 GUNTHER, "Catalogue of Fishes," vol. iii. p. 80 (1861). 



Dr. Giinther (/.r.), under the name of Latruncnlns allnts, gives 

 the Firth of Forth as a habitat of the Slender or White Goby, and 

 mentions that there are three examples from the Firth in the national 

 collection in the British Museum. 



My friend Mr. William Evans informs me that at the beginning 

 of August 1896 he observed a number of small Gobies in deep 

 pools at the east limit of Aberlady Bay, and that he believed them 

 to belong to this species. 



This is another Goby about which it is highly desirable we should 

 obtain further information as a Forth species. Dr. Day (" British 

 and Irish Fishes," vol. i. p. 171) says that he obtained specimens 

 at Aberdeen. 



LIPARIS MONTAGUI (Donovan). 

 EVANS, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.,'' p. 255 (1897). 



In August 1897, Mr. William Evans found Montagu's Sucker 

 on three occasions in rock -pools at North Berwick. Here they 

 concealed themselves among the fronds of Laininaria digitalis 

 growing round the margins of the pools, and could only be detected 

 on the closest inspection. The specimens captured were from 2 to 

 2.5 inches in length. 



This species is probably not uncommon in the littoral waters of 

 the Firth. Professor M'Intosh (" Marine Fauna of St. Andrews," 

 p. 175) says that it is abundant in the rock-pools at St. Andrews. 



