56 FISHES OBSERVED IN PURBECK. 



IV. Fishes having a bony skeleton and their jaws soldered 

 together. 



C Ossei Plectognathi. J 



The Short Sun-Fish. Orthagoriscus mola. Yarr: II. 462. 



" I have seen two specimens taken in Swanage bay, and 

 one in Chapman's pool." f ^ev. J. M. Colson.J The 

 Eev. N. Bond also tells me one was taken in Worbarrow 

 bay, in 1853 or 1854. 



V. Fishes having Cartilaginous skeletons. 

 C Chondropterygii. ) 



The Small-Spotted Dog-Fish. Scyllium canicula. Yarr: 

 n. 487. 



Common round the Coast. 



The Large-Spotted Dog-Fish. Scyllium catulus. Yarr: 

 n. 493. 



Much less frequent than the former. 

 The Blue Shark. Carcharias glaucus. Yarr: 11. 498. 



Taken every fall. I have seen them upwards of five feet 

 in length. 



The Picked Dog-Fish. Acanthias vulgaris. YaiT: II. 524. 



Sometimes in shoals off the coast ; bold enough to follow 

 a bait to the surface of the water, and to be dipped out 

 with a landing net. This year there have been very 

 few; in 1854 I took sometimes forty in an afternoon, 

 whilst PoUack fishing. 



The Angel Fi&h. Squatina angelus. Yarr: II. 539. 



" Sometimes taken in Swanage bay." Rev. J. M. Colson. 

 The Skate. Raia hatis. Yarr: 11. 561. 



Common. 



The Homelyn Ray. Raia miraletus. Yarr: 11. 570. 

 Common. I have taken them free from spots. 



The Thornback. Raia clavata. Yarr: II. 582, 



Common: the fishermen here suppose this to be the male 

 of the Skate. 



LESTEB LESTER. 



