FAUNA AND FLORA OP PLYMOUTH SOUND. 189 



Scyllinm (Cuv.). 



canicula (Cuv.). Small-spotted dog-fish. Common, 



catuliis (Cuv.). Nurse-hound. Common. 

 Acanthias (Risso). 



vulgaris (Risso). Picked dog-fish. Very common, 

 Echinorhiiius (Blainv.). 



spinnsus (Blainv.). Spinous shark. Taken off Plymouth. 

 Rhina (Klein). 



squaiina (Raf.). Monk-fish. Common in deep water and in Sound. 

 Torpedo (Dumeril). 



nobiliaiia (Bonap.). Torpedo. Rare, taken in Sound, 

 Raia (Art.). 



batis (Linn.). Skate. Very common. 



alha (Lace[).). Bordered ray. Occasional. 



circularis (Couch.) Sandy ray. Common. 



clavata (Linn.). Thnrn-back ray. Very common. 



maculata (Mont.). S,ioited ray. Common. 



macrorhynchus (Raf.). Flapper-skate. Has been obtained from Plymouth. 

 Trigon (Adanson). 



pastinaca (Cuv.). Sting-ray. Taken in the Sound. 

 Myliobatis (Cuv.). 



aquila (Cuv.), Eagle-ray. Rare. 



TELEOSTEI. 



Aca iithopterygii. 



Labrax (Cuv.). 



lupus (Cuv.). Bass. 

 Serraiius (Cuv.). 



cabrilla (Cuv.). Comber. In estuaries. Not common, 

 Polyprion (Cuv.). 



cernium (Val.), Stone-bass. Not uncommon off coast, 

 MuUus (Linn.). 



barbatus (Linn.). Red mullet. Common. 



surmuletus (Linn.). Surmullet, Estuaries. Not common, 

 Cantharus (Cuv. and Val.). 



lineatus (Thomp.). Bream, or old-wife. Common, 

 Box (Cuv, and Val.). 



vulgaris (Cuv. and Val.). Bogue. One recorded from near Plymouth. 

 Pagelius (Cuv. and Val.). 



eryttirinus (Cuv. and Val.). King of the breams. 



ceiitrodontns (Cuv. and Val.). Common sea-liream. Especially common. 



bogaraveo (Cuv.). Spanish bream. Not common, 

 Trigla (Artedi). 



cuculus (Linn.). Red gurnard. Common. 



obscura (Linn.). Lanthorn gurnard. 



lyra (Linn.). Piper. 



lineata (Giiiel.). Streaked gurnard. 



gurnardus (Linn.). Gray gurnard. In estuaries. Common 



hirundo (Linn.). Tub. Common. 

 Cottus (Artedi). 



scorpius (Linn.). Father lasher. Common. 



bubalis (Euphr.). Lucky proach. Very common on rocky coast, common 

 also in estuarit's. 

 Agonus (Bloch, Schneider). 



caiaphractus (Bl. >clin.). Armed bullhead. Common in estuaries. 



