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Ichthyological Contributions. 

 By 



J. T. Cunuiugliaiu, ITI.A. 



With Plate XIV. 



1. Zeugopterus norvegicus (Gunther). 



In my paper in the preceding number of this Journal I erroneously 

 described several specimens of this species as Zeugopterus punctatus, 

 not having carefully examined or compared them. Since then, 

 having seen specimens of Zeugopterus norvegicus, and re-examined 

 my own, I find that my specimens belong to this species. The 

 record of their capture in the neighbourhood of Plymouth is — 



July 9th, 1891, between Eddystone and Eame Head, 25 fms., 

 four specimens, 3 ? , 6*2, 6"5, 9"5 cm. ; 1 ^ 8*2 cm. in length. 



March 21st, 1892, six miles from Plymouth Breakwater, about 

 27 fathoms, one specimen ? , 8"4 cm. long. The last specioaen was 

 a ripe female, yielding ripe ova '9 mm. in diameter, with a single 

 oil-globule "15 mm. in diameter. 



In Giinther^s British Museum Catalogue, 1862, this species was only 

 stated to occur on the west coast of Norway. In 1864 Couch recorded 

 the capture of a specimen in the Bristol Channel in 1863. In a 

 paper published in 1888 Giinther recorded that he had obtained a 

 specimen 2 inches long in 1868 from a depth of 90 fathoms off 

 Shetland, and that three specimens taken in the Firth of Clyde, at 

 depths of 6 to 45 fathoms, occurred among fishes captured by 

 Mr. John Murray on the west coast of Scotland in 1887 and 1888. 

 Two of the Clyde specimens were 3| inches (8'9 cm.) long, the 

 third soraewhat smaller. Lastly, Mr. Holt obtained a specimen 

 during the survey of the fishing-grounds on the west coast of 

 Ireland in the s.s. Harlequin in 1891. This specimen was obtained 

 at 80 fathoms in Donegal Bay in May, 1891, and is recorded in 

 Mr. Holt's report on the survey, published in the Keport of the 



