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stinct species. To the latter Mr. Yarrell has since given the name 

 of Gob. bipunctatus. 



Sordid Dragonet, Callionymus Dracunculus, Linn. A specimen of 

 this fish, taken at Youghal in August lašt by Mr. Bali, is in his col- 

 lection. 



Ballan IVrasse, Labrus maculatus, Bloch, occurs commonly, and 

 of a large size, on the coasts of Down and Antrini, often attaining 

 upvvards of 20 inches in length. 



Striped JVrasse, Labrus variegatus, Gmel., is occasionally taken 

 on the Dovvn and Antrim shores : a specimen from the south has 

 been sent to me by Mr. Bali : and in the Museum of the Royal 

 Dublin Society one is preserved, which was purchased in Dublin 

 Market. 



Goldjinny, Crenilabras Cornubiensis, Yarr. I have seen but one 

 Irish specimen of this fish, vvhich was taken at Youghal by Mr. Bali. 

 The proportion of spiny to soft rays in its dorsal fin is but 13 + 10 ; 

 otherwise it agrees vvith this fish as commonly described. 



Šalmo ferox, Jard. & Selby. A large species of Šalmo, found in 

 Lough Neagh, and knovvn there by the name oi Buddagh, has long 

 attracted attention. 



In Harris's ' History of the County of Dovvn', published in 1744, 

 it is remarked (p. 236), ' Thft Buddagh seems to be the šame fish 

 found in the lake of Geneva, and called by Gesner and Aldrovandus 

 2'rutta lacustris.' In Sampson's • Londonderry ', and Dubourdieu's 

 * Dovvn', it appears as Šalmo lacustris. However, upon seeing a 

 specimen of the Loch Awe trout, named Šalmo ferox by Sir Wil- 

 liam Jardine and Mr. Selby, at the lašt Meeting of tlie British Asso- 

 ciation, I recognised it as identical vyith the Buddagh of Lough 

 Neagh. 



Small-headed Dab, Platessa microcephala, Flem., is occasionally 

 brought from the Dovvn coast to Belfast Market, where it is knovvn 

 by the name of Lemon Sole, 



TVhiff, Pleuronectes megastoma, Don., occurs, though very rarely, 

 on the north-east coast of Ireland. 



Pleuronectes punctatus, Penn. On the 2oth of March, 1835, I 

 procured a specimen of this fish, 64- inches in length, from Ardglass, 

 county Dovvn, vvhere it mušt be very rare, being quite unknovvn to 

 the fishermen. 



Ocellated Sucker, Lepadogaster Cornubiensis, Flem. The only 

 Irish specimen of this fish vvhich I have seen vvas taken by Wra. H. 

 Harvey, Esq., of Limerick, on the coast of Clare. 



The number of fin-rays in this specimen differs very much from 

 that stated by Pennant and Donovan to exist in the ocellated Sucker : 



Pcnnant gives .... D. 11. A. 9. V. 4 ; 



Donovan D.U.A.IO. P.17.C.6; 



Mr. Harvey's specimen has D. 20. A. 11. V. 4. P. 19. C. 14. B. 6 ; 



