384 ME E. S. CLAER ON 



PLEDKONECTID.E. 

 Hemirhombus soleaeformis (Agass. ). 



Gobius nigri Giinther. 



DACTYLOPTERID^E. 

 Dactylopterus volitans (L. Gmel.). 



BLENNIID.E. 

 Blennius sanguinolentus Pall. 



IV. COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM ASCENSION.* 



The trawling in 40 fathoms off Pyramid Point, Ascension, on June 9th, 1904, 

 revealed the presence of a large number of flat-fish. These were chiefly Rhomboid- 

 ichthys podas, though Hemirhombus soleseformis and Arnoglossus capensis were 

 tolerably abundant. 



An interesting occurrence at this locality was Ch&todon dichrous, which Cunning- 

 ham t considered peculiar to the St Helena fauna. 



In the list of twenty-six species, about 50 per cent, occur at the West Indies, a 

 third at the Cape of Good Hope, and a fifth at Cape Verde and Madeira islands. 



LAMNID.E. 



Lamna glauca Miill. and Henle. 

 Caught in trammel net on June 9th, 1904. Total length 79 inches; weight, 110 Ibs.j 



Mitr;i'ito moringa Cuv. 



One large specimen, 1240 mm. in total length. Stomach contents: one complete 

 specimen of Holocentrum longipinne. 



SCOPELID^E. 



Trachinocephalus my ops (Forster). 

 Saurus myops. 



* Vide Gunther, Cludhngcr Report, "Shore Fishes." 



t "Fishes of St Helena," P.Z.X., 1910, part 1. 



J Extract from Fish and Seal Log, kept hy l)r Bruce and Mr 1). W. Wilton. 



^ ride Jordan and Evermann, Fishes i>f Xm-th mid Middle America, 1896. 



