210 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



MOTELLA CIMBRIA (Linnaeus) [ENCHELYOPUS CIMBRIUS (Z.)]. 



PARNELL, pp. 449-461. "I am not aware of the Motella cimbria 

 (Gadus cimbriiis of Linnaeus) having previously been noticed as 

 a British fish. It was found in June last, a little to the east of 

 Inchkeith" (p. 450). 



A number of examples of this comparatively rare and local 

 British fish the Four-bearded Rockling have been captured in the 

 Firth since Dr. Parnell first discovered it in 1837. Indeed, it may 

 be regarded as fairly common in deep water in the estuary and off 

 the Isle of May. 



I know of the following records : 



Two, from the Firth were sent to Yarrell by Dr. Edward Clarke 



("Brit. Fishes," 2nd ed. vol. ii. p. 275, 1841 ; 3rd ed. vol. i. 



p. 53o). 

 One, 7.5 inches, captured off the Firth, 8th February, 1886 (Brook, 



"Rep. Fish. Board Scot.," 1885, App., pp. 223-224). 

 One, 9.5 inches, Station 9, i6th May 1889 (Fulton, op. cit. 1889, 



part iii. p. 357). 

 Three, 6, 5, and 5.5 inches, near mouth of Firth, 22nd February 



1890 (id. I.e.}. 



One, 9.5 inches, Dunbar, 2ist May 1890 (op. cit. 1890, part iii. p. 259). 

 Two, 9 inches, Station 9, i4th April 1891 (op. cit. 1891, part iii. p. 60). 

 One, 10.5 inches, Station 9, i2th December 1892 (op. cit. 1892, part 



iii. p. 99). 

 One, 11.05 inches, east of Inchkeith, 26th December 1893, sent me 



by Mr. Thomas Scott, F.L.S. 

 One, 9 inches, Station 8, iSth April 1894 ("Rep. Fish. Board Scot," 



1894, part iii. p. 47). 

 One, 13.6 inches, cast up between Portobello and Leith, 25th 



October 1898 (Godfrey, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1899, p. 53). 



MOTELLA TRICIRRATA (Block} [GAIDROPSAURUS TRICIRRATUS 



(Block}]. 



Motel/a vu/garis, PARNELL, pp. 354-355. "It is rare in the Firth of 

 Forth, as well as along the whole of the eastern shores of Scot- 



land "(p. 355)- 



Parnell gives no data regarding the occurrence of the Three- 

 bearded Rockling in the Firth. The following records have come 

 under my notice : 



Male, 18.5 inches, 7th January 1886, between the Isle of May and 

 the Bass Rock (Brook, "Rep. Fish. Board Scot.," 1885, App., 

 p. 225). 



