190 PEELIMINAEY REPORT UPON THE 



Peristetlms (Kaup). 



cataphractuiii (Kaup.). Armed gurnard. One taken in trawl between Plymouth 

 and Eddystone. 

 Lophius (Artedi). 



piscatorius (Linn.). Angler. Frequent. Reach very large size. 

 Trachinus (Cuv.). 



draco (Linn.). Great weaver. All along coast and in offing. 



vipera (Cuv. and Val.). Little weaver. All along coast j not common in 

 estuaries. 

 Scomber (Artedi). 



scomber (Linn.). Mackerel. Regular visitors. 

 Orcynus (Lutken). 



tliynnus (Lutken). Short-finned tunny. One specimen recorded, 

 Thynnus (Liitken). 



pelamys (Cuv. and Val.). Bonito. One taken in Catte Water. 

 Centrolophus (Lacepede). 



pompilus (Cuv. and Val.). Black fish. Has been taken off Penlee Point. 

 Caranx (Lacep.). 



trachurus (Lacep.). Scad. Regular visitor. 

 Naucrates (Cuv.). 



ductor (Cuv and Val.). Pilot fish. Two specimens recorded. 

 Capros (Lacep.). 



aper (Lacep). Cuckoo-fish. Common. 

 Zeus (Cuv.). 



faber (Linn.). John Dory. Common. 

 Xipbias (Artedi). 



gladius (Linn.). Swordfish. One specimen caught in drift net. 

 Sciaeiia (Cuv.). 



aquila (Risso). Sciaena or Maigre. Off the Coast. 

 Tricbiurus (Linn.). 



lepturus (Linn.). Silvery hair tail. Caught in herring nets occasionally. 

 Gobius (Artedi). 



niger (Linn.). Rock goby. Common. 



rutbensparri (Euph.). Two-spotted goby. Abundant in Sound. 



niinutus (Gmel.). One-spotted goby. Common in estuaries. 

 Callionymus (Linn.). 



lyra (Linn.). Yellow skulpin. Female plentiful in estuaries, male only in 

 mid-channel. 

 Cyclopterus (Linn.). 



lumpus (Linn.). Lump-fish. Fairly common. 

 Liparis (Artedi). 



vulgaris (Flem.). Sea snail. Common. 



montagui (Cuv.). Network sucker. Probably in estuaries of Sound. 

 Lepadogaster (Gouan). 



gouanii (Lacep.). Cornish sucker. In Sound. Not common. 



bimaculatus (Flem.). Doubly-spotted sucker. Not common. 

 Anarrhichas (Artedi). 



lupus (Linn.). Wolf fish. Rare. 

 Blennius (Artedi). 



ocellaris (Linn.). Butterfly blenny. One specimen recorded. 



gattorugine (Bloch). Tonipot. In Sound. Not common. 



pbolis (Linn.). Shanny. Common on rocky shores. 



galerita (Linn). Montague's Blenny. In estuaries. Uncommon. 

 Centronotus (Bloch, Schn.). 



gunnelliis (Bloch, Schn.). Butter-fish. Abundant in Sound. 

 Zoarces (Cuv.). 



viviparus (Cuv.). Viviparous blenny. In the neighbourhood (Rogers). 

 Cepola (Linn.). 



rubescens (Linn.). Red band fish. Taken in Sound. 



