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THE ADRIATIC GULF. 



348. PETROMYZON FLUVIATILIS, L. 

 The River Lamprey 



Lamproie de riviere. 

 Das Flussneunauge. 

 Lampreda di fiume {It.). 

 Vulg., Lampreda, Lampredone, Lampreda 

 d'argento (Ven.), Lampreda di sasso, 

 (Treviso). 

 Hung., Orsohal. 

 Sloven, Piskur (Carniola). 

 Croat., Lamprida, zmijulica. Pi§kor, potocni 

 piskor. 

 Habit. Lake of Garda, river Ticino, and, gene- 

 rally speaking, in lakes, rivers, streams, and 

 stagnant waters ; also in the lagoons of 

 Venice ; further south it becomes very rare ; 

 length, twelve to eighteen inches. 



349. PETROMYZON PLANERI, Bl. 

 Petromyzon branchialis, L. {the young). 



The Fringe-lipped Lampern, Planer's Lam- 

 prey. 

 La petite Lamproie. 

 Das kleine Neunauge, die kleine Pricke. 



The Young: — 



The Pride, Sand-piper, Small Lamprey, 



Mud Lamprey, Sandpride, Sandprey. 

 Le Lamprillon. 

 Die Uhle. 



Piccola Lampreda (//.). 

 Vulg., Lampreda piccola, Lampreda di sasso, 



(Treviso). 

 Sloven, Pohkaza, young (Carniola). 

 Croat., Obloustka, potocni piskor. 

 Habit. All over Italy, watershed of the Adria ; 

 Lake of Garda, Monfalcone ; the most com- 

 mon of the genus. 

 Quality. Flesh good when mature ; young used 

 as bait ; attains seven to nine inches in length. 



Sub-Class— LEPTOCARDI I 



Fam. Cirrostomi. 



Gen. Branchiostoma, Costa. 

 350. BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLA- 

 TUM, Pall. 

 Branchiostoma lubricum, Costa. 



The Lancelet. 

 Croat., Sulicica. 

 Habit. Appears to be very rare in the Adria ; 

 has been caught off the island of Lesina 

 (Dalmatia). 



NEW FISHES OF THE ADRIATIC* 



Fam. CARCHARIID.E. 



Gen. Carcharias. 

 351. CARCHARIAS LAMIA, Risso. 



Prionodon lamia, Risso. 

 Habit. Two specimens have been caught in 

 Dalmatian waters, of which one is in the 



* See the " Elenco dei Pesci dell' Adriatico " di 

 Alberto Perugia, Milano, 1881, and " Fische welche in 

 den Gewassern von Spalato beobachtet und iiberhaupt 

 im Adriatischen Meere registrirt wurden " von Prof. 

 George Kolombatovic, Spalato, 1882, and "La Pesca 

 lungo le coste Orientali dell' Adria " del Dr. Carlo de 

 Marcheselti, Trieste, 1S82. 



Trieste Museum. (See " La Pesca," by Dr. 

 Carlo de Marchesetti, Trieste, 1882, p. 137.) 



352. CARCHARIAS GLYPHIS, M. & H. 

 Prionodon glyphis, M. & H. 



Habit. One specimen in the Trieste Museum 

 was caught in Dalmatian waters. (See as 

 above, No. 351.) 



Fam. Lamnidje. 



Gen. Odontaspis. 



353. ODONTASPIS TAURUS, Raf. 

 Habit. Two specimens were fished in Dalmatian 



