116 FISHES. 
Div. ACANTHOPTERYGIL TANITFORMES. 
Fam. TRACHYPTERIDA. 
121. Trachypterus arcticus (Sriinzn.). Deal-fish. Vaag- 
maer. 
122. Regalecus banksii (C. & V.). Ribbon-fish. Banks’ 
Oar-fish. 
An abyssal form, rarely cast ashore on the Yorkshire 
coast. To the five known Yorkshire instances, we are 
enabled, through the instrumentality of Mr. Thomas 
Stephenson, to add two which have hitherto remained 
unrecorded. 
Whitby, one, 114 feet long, Jan. 22, 1759 (Giinther, Cat. 
Fishes, ill. 310). This appears to be the first recorded 
British specimen. 
Filey, one, 13 feet long, March 18, 1796 (Giinther, 7d@e Banks, 
loc. ‘Git,). 
Yorkshire, 1845 (?), one, 24(?) feet long (Gunther, loc. cit.). 
Redcar, one, 12 feet long, 1850 (Gray, P-Z5., 1ése 
P- 52): 
Whitby, one, 10 feet long, cast on the West sands, April 23, 
1866 ; now in the Whitby Museum (Stephenson, MS.). 
Whitby, one, 11 feet long, cast up on the beach east of the 
town, Oct. 2nd, 1870; now in the Whitby Museum 
(Stephenson, MS.). 
Staithes, one, 16 feet long, end of January, 1880 (C. W. 
Elliott, Field, Feb. 7, 1880; E. W. H. Holdsworth, Field, 
Feb. 21, 1880). This example was left among the rocks 
by a retiring tide, and in its struggles to escape broke itself 
into three parts. 
123. Regalecus grillii (Z7zdr.). Sild-Kung. 
