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G. niger, Lin. Black Goby. Freq. (F. S. G.). 

 G. minutus, GmeL Speckled Goby ; c. and gen. dist. 



G. Jeffreys!!, Gilnther. Jeffrey's Goby. Kilbrannan Sd., 6-18 f. ; off Whiting 

 B.. 20 f. ; off Cumbrae, 5(5' f. (G.). 



Fam. Callionymidae. 



Callionymus lyra, Lin. Dragonet. Not unc. (F. S. G.). 



C. maculatus, Bonap. Spotted Dragonet. Kilbrannan Sd., rather abund., 

 26 f. ; Sd. of Sanda, 24-28 f., (H. B., p. 194) ; occasionally in shrimp- 

 trawl (F. S. G.). 



Fam. Discoboli. 



Cycloptems lumpus, Lin. Lumpsucker. Occasionally in trawl (F. S. G.) ; 

 young sometimes in tow -net. 



Cyclogaster liparis (Lin.). Sea-snail. Not unc., Clyde ; L. Fyne ; usually 

 in shall, inshore w. 



C. montagui (Donov). Montagu's Sucker. Not so c. as last ; habitat some- 

 what similar. 



Fam. Gobiesocidae. 



Lepadogaster gouanii (Lacep.). Cornish-sucker. "Millport, Clyde," (H.B.). 

 L. bimaculatus, (Donov). Doubly spotted sucker ; c. everywhere except 



in mud. 

 Anarrh.ich.US lupus, Lin. Cat or Wolf -fish. Not unc., Clyde ; L. Fvne, 



(F. S. G.). 



Fam. Blenniidae. 



Blennius pholis, Lin. Shannv. Clyde area (H. B., p. 185); nr. Millport 

 (Gray.). 



Chirolophis galerita (Lin.). Yarrell's Blemiy. E. L. Tarbert, one (B. & S.) ; 

 Ballantrae Bank, one, 1/99 (F. S. G.). 



Pholis gunnellus (Lin.). Butter-fish ; c. and gen. dist. esp. inshore amongst 

 weed and stones. 



Enchelyopus viviparus (Lin.). Viviparous Blenny. One near Row (E.). 



Lumpenus lampretiformis ( Walb.). Sharp-tailed Lumpenus. Bet. Cumbrae 

 and Skelmorlie, 20 f. ; off Cumbrae L. H., 60 f. (G.). Occasionally off- 

 shore in shrimp trawl (F. S. G.) ; a dozen have been taken in one haul. 



Fam. Cepolidae. 



[Cepola rubescens, Lin. Red Band-fish. 7 mis. S. of Ayr (Harvie) ; beach 

 at Ballantrae after a storm (Thomp.). See H. B., p. 195.] 



Fam. Atherinidae. 



Atherina presbyter, Cuv. Sand Smelt or Atherine. Freq. amongst zostera, 

 E. L. Tarbert, in spring 1885, but not later (B. & S.) ; Campbeltown L. 

 twice (Gray). 



Fam. Mugilidae. 



[Mugil capito, Cuv. Grey Mullet. The "earstones" of one captured off 



Fairlie are in the Robertson Museum, Millport.] 

 M. chelo, Cuv. Thick-lipped Grey Mullet. Gregarious in estuaries of Clyde, 



Leven, and some Ayrshire rivers ; advancing with tide to top of flood. 



Fam. Gasterosteidae. 



Gasterosteus aculeatus, Lin. Three-spined Stickleback. Fairly freq. round 

 shores of Clyde estuary, also in F. W. lakes, ponds, etc., throughout district, 

 var. spiliulosa. L. Lomond with the other, r. 



G. pungitius, Lin. Ten-spined Stickleback. Mod. c. L. Lomond, Fossil 

 Marsh, etc. 



Gastraea spinachia (Lin.). Fifteen-spined Stickleback. Mod. c. round shores, 

 but more purely marine. 



