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Solea vulgaris Crangon vulgaris 
Pleuronectes platessa Sacculina, sp. 
P. limanda Amphipoda (undetermined) 
Gadus callarias Longipedia coronata 
G. eglefinus | Ectinosoma spintpes 
G. merlangus Sunaristes pagurt 
Clhipea sprattus Dactylopus rostratus 
C. harengus | Cletodes limicola 
Trachinus vipera | Caligus, sp. 
Agonus cataphractus Flustra foliacea 
Gobius minutus Aphrodite aculeata 
Raza clavata | Pectinaria belgica 
R. maculata Nereis, sp. 
Mytilus edulis Asterias rubens 
Tellina tenuts Fydractinia echinata 
Mactra stultorum Sertularia abretina 
Fusus antiquus Hydrallmania falcata 
Carcinus menas | Aurelia aurita 
Portunius, sp. Cyanea, sp. 
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Pagurus bernhardus 
These numbers have been exceeded on many other hauls in the ordinary course 
of work by the Fisheries steamer in Liverpool Bay. For example, on this occasion the 
fish numbered 5,943, and we have records of hauls in which the fish numbered over 
20,000. The shrimps sometimes probably number as many again, and if the starfishes 
and other abundant invertebrates are added, the total must sometimes reach such 
enormous numbers as from 45,000 to 50,000 specimens in a single haul of the trawl 
in shallow water, not including microscopic forms. Hauls such as this are doubtless 
as prolific of individuals as any of those hauls sometimes quoted containing large 
numbers of specimens (of a very few species) of Copepoda and Schizopoda from waters 
deeper than 50 fathoms, and are certainly far more prolific in species and genera; while 
hauls such as the three quoted above under dates June 23rd and October 27th compare 
favourably as to variety of life, i.e, as to number of species and genera, with the deep 
water hauls of the ‘‘ Challenger” expedition made with a far larger trawl. 
On the next occasion, when on board the “ John Fell,” on August 3rd, 1895, two 
members of the party (A. O. Walker and W. A. Herdman), identified the species brought 
up in the first haul of the trawl (5-inch mesh), taken in Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, at 
a depth of 4 to 7 fathoms. They were 78 species, belonging to 67 genera, as follows :— 
Solea vulgaris Callionymus Lyra 
S. lutea Raia maculata 
Pleuronectes platessa Fusus antiquus 
P. limanda Buccitnum undatum 
P. flesus Natica aldert 
Gadus callartas Pleurotoma, sp. 
G. eglefinus Philine, sp. 
G, merlangus Folis, sp. 
