178 THE MARINE AND FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



Coregonus levaretes (Lin.). Powan or Fresh- water Herring. Very c. 

 L. Eck ; exceedingly c. L. Lomond, attaining over 3 Ibs. weight. 



Thymallus vulgaris, Nils. Greyling ; c. in upper reaches of Clyde, intro- 

 duced many years ago ; frequents also Rivers Ayr, Lugar (H. A. Wood- 

 burn) ; Gryffe, and Greenburn (J. M. B. Taylor). 



Argentina sphyraena, Lin. Hebridean Smelt. Not unc., esp. in deep 

 water (G., F. S. G.). 



Fam. Esocidae. 



Esox lucius, Lin. Pike ; c. most lakes, ponds, canals, and sluggish streams. 



Fam. Scombresocidae. 

 Rhamphistoma belone (Lin.). Garpike. One 28 in. long, off Dunoon, 25/5/77 



(Dr. R. P. Fleming) ; occasionally in shoals (H. B., p. 212). 

 *Scombresox saurus ( Walb.). Saury Pike. Clyde (H. B., p. 212). 



Fam. Cyprinidae. 



Cyprinus carpio, Lin. Carp. Various ponds doubtless introduced. 

 C. auratus, Lin. Goldfish. Semi-domesticated ; waste ponds nr. Paisley 



and elsewhere in that district, where it breeds freely. 

 Leuciscus rutilus (Lin.). Roach or Braise ; c. gregarious ; low-lying lakes 



and ponds ; some streams, e.g. Clyde (above Glasgow), Kelvin, Endrick, 



Leven, and their tributaries ; and in all canals. 

 Phoxinus aphya (Lin.). Minnow. Very c. and gregarious in most clear 



streams and lakes in Lanark, Renfrew, Ayr, and Dumbarton ; gen. 



absent from Argyllshire and Arran, except where introduced. 

 Tinea vulgaris, Flem. Tench. Scarce and local. L. Lomond and R. End- 

 rick ; probably nowhere else. 

 Cobitis barbatula, Lin. Loach or Beardie. Shallows of streams and lakes 



throughout district ; fairly c. 



Fam. Clupeidae. 



Clupea harengus, L. Herring. Abund., F. of Clyde ; L. Fyne. 



C. sprattus, Lin. Sprat. Not unc. in Clyde ; frequently mistaken for 

 young herrings, so their numbers and distribution are somewhat un- 

 certain. 



C. alosa, Lin. Allis Shad. Large specimens in L. Fyne 1888, (H. B., p. 221). 

 A fine specimen in seine-net off Ross, winter 1894 (Gray). 



Fam. Muraenidae. 

 Anguilla vulgaris, Leach. Eel. Very c., all lakes, ponds, canals and 



streams ; occasionally in " Shrimp-trawl," inshore L. Fyne, (F. S. G.). 

 A. latirostris, Risso. Yellow broad-nosed Eel. Is now generally considered 



a form of the Common Eel. Both are about equally abund. 

 Conger niger (Risso). Conger. Occasionally in trawl-net in various parts of 



the Clyde (F. S. G.) ; Lunderston B. bet. tide-mark. 



ORDER LOPHOBRANCHII. 



Fam. Syngnathidae. 



Syngnathus typhle, Lin. Broad-nosed Pipe-fish. E. L. Tarbert (B. & S.) ; r. 



S. acus, Lin. Great Pipe-fish. Not unc. in Clyde and L. Fyne. 



Nerophis aequoreus (Lin.). Straight-nosed Pipe-fish. E. L. Tarbert, 

 (B. & S.) ; Cumbrae (R.) ; r. 



N. lumbriciformis, ( Will.). Worm Pipe-fish. E. L. Tarbert (B. & S.) ; Lun- 

 derston B. (S.) ; Campbeltown L. (F. S. G.). 



Hippocampus antiquorum, Leach. Sea-horse. Kilbrannan Sd. ; Fairlie 

 Sands, (Gray, v. S. &., p. 289). 



