48 FISHES OBSERVED IN PURBECK. 



I. Fishes having a bony skeleton, and spiny fins. 

 , ( Ossei Acanthopterygii. ) 



The Perch. Perca fiuviatilis Yarr: I. 1. 



In the Frome, but certainly introduced therein. 



The Basse. Lahrax lupus. Yarr: I. 8. 



Common. They ascend in shoals the brackish water of 

 Poole harbour, and will there take a fly well. 



The Great Weever. Trachinm draco. Yarr: I. 24 



Occasionally met -with in Swanage and Studland bays. 



The LesserWeever. Trachinus vipera^ Yarr: I. 29. 



In the same localities. This fish has great tenacity of 

 life; one that I brought home, and placed in fresh 

 water thinking it was dead, still lived at the end of 

 fourteen hours. The fishermen say, that the pain and 

 inflamation attending wounds inflicted by the spines 

 on the backs of these two species of fish, vary with 

 the ebb and flow of the tide. Their remedy is smart 

 friction with the liver of the animal. 



The Striped Red-Mullet. Mullus surmuletus. Yarr: I. 31. 



Generally abundant towards the latter part of the summer 

 and autumn; m the year 1855 however, they were 

 not taken in any numbers till the end of September. 



The Red Gurnard. Trigla cuculus. Yarr: I. 38. 

 Swanage and Studland bays. 



The Streaked Gurnard. Trigla lineata. Yarr: I. 46. 

 Studland bay. 



The Piper. Trigla lyra. YaiT: I. 51. 

 Swanage bay. 



The Sea-Scorpion. Cottiis scorpio. Yarr: I. 75. 



Common in Studland bay, but not in Swanage bay. 



The Father-Lasher. Coitus hibalis. Yarr: I. 78. 



Common in Swanage bay, but not in Studland bay, fully 

 justifying Mr. Yarrell's remark that the two species 

 are seldom found in the same locality. 



