32 FAUNA OF FALMOUTH. 



Platessa vulgaris, Fhm. — Common. 



Platessa flesus, Flem. — Common. 



Platessa limanda, Flem. — Common. 



Platessa microcephala. Jen. — Not uncommon. 



Platessa pola, Cuv. — Not common. An epicure in fish-cookery in Fal- 

 mouth, prefers this fish to the Torbay sole. 



Platessa limandoides, Jen. — Fish-market 5 length, nine inches and a half: 

 very rare. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris, Flem. — Not uncommon. 



Rhombus maximus, Cuv. — Not uncommon. 



Rhombus vulgaris, Ciw. — Not uncommon. 



Rhombus hirtus, Yar. — In ponds, Gwyllyn Vase, Trawl boats: not 

 uncommon. 



Rhombus punetatus, Yar. — Gwyllyn Vase, Trawl boats: not uncommon. 



Rhombus megastoma, Yar. — Common. 



Rhombus arnoglossus, Yar. — Common. 



Solea vulgaris, Cuv. — Common. 



Solea pegusa, Yar. — Rare. 



Solea (monochirus) varicgata, Flem. — Not common. 



Monochirus linguatulus, Cuv. — Trawl refuse, stomach of M. €Eglefinus: rare. 



Lepidogaster Cornubiensis, Flem. — Common. 



Lepidogaster bimaculatus, Flem. — Not uncommon. 



Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn. — Not uncommon. 



liiparis Montagui, Flem. — Not uncommon. 



Anguilla acutirostris, Yar. — Swanpool, etc. 



Anguilla latirostris, Yar. — Swanpool beach. Green bank. 



Anguilla mediorostris, Yar. — Same localities. 



Conger vulgaris, Cmv.— Common. 



Ammodytes Tobianus, Jen. — Not uncommon. 



Ammodytes lancea, Jen. — Sands Gwyllyn Vase, Swanpool, Pennance, Main- 

 porth, etc., extreme low water mark: not uncommon. 



Syngnathus acus, Jen. — Trawl refuse, sands, Gwyllyn Vase. 



Syngnathus Typhle, Linn. — Trawl refuse etc: not uncommon. 



Syngnathus sequoreus, Linn. — Harbour, Trawl refuse, etc. 



Syngnathus anguineus, Jen. — Harbour, Trawl refuse, etc. 



Syngnathus ophidion, Linn. — Trawl refuse: not uncommon; under stones, 

 sea-weed, etc., Gwyllyn Vase: rare. 



Syngnathus lumbriciformis, Yar. — Under stones, sea-weed, etc., Gwyllyn 

 Vase, Swanpool, Barpoint: common. 



Orthagoriscus mola, Cuv. — (Short Sun-fish.) Mr. Arthur Chard captured 

 one on June 22nd., 1850. Length, five feet nine inchesj weighed two hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds. 



(To be continued.) 



