THK FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL. 



With Hard Cheeks. 

 Genus TBIGLA. 

 Trigla Cuculus. The Red Gurnard. Cuckoo Gurnard. 



The least frequent of the three Gurnards taken round our shores. 

 Trigla Hirundo. The Sapphirine Gurnard. 



Very common. 

 Trigla Gurnardus. The Grey Gurnard. 

 About equally common. 



Genus COTTUS. 

 CoTTUS GoBio. River Bullhead. Miller's Thumb. 



Mr. Webster has caught them in the Dee, above Chester. Probably in other 

 fresh water streams. 

 CoTTUS BuBALis. Father Lasher. Long-spined Cottus. 

 Caught occasionally in the Dee, and at the north of Wirral. 

 Genus ASPIDOPHOEUS. 

 AspiDOPHORus EuROPEus. Armed Bullhead. Pogge. 

 Constantly to be seen amongst the shiimpers' captures. 



Genus SEBASTES. 

 Sebastes Norvegicus. The Bergylt. Norway Haddock. 



One given to me in 1851. The Ho3'lake fishei-men had not seen the species before. 



Genus GASTEEOSTEUS. 

 Gasterosteus Trachurus. The Rough-tailed Stickleback. 



Waters in the Warrington district. — Mr. N. Cooke. In Wallasey Pool, where 

 the water is more than brackish. The specimens from this locality seem to 

 be little inconvenienced by being transposed from salt to fresh water or 

 vice versa several times. 

 Gasterosteus Leiurus. Smootli-tailed Stickleback. 



In ponds, streams, and ditches. 

 Gasterosteus Pungitius. Ten-spined Stickleback. 



Common in ponds and ditches. 

 Gasterosteus Spinachia. Fifteen-spined Stickleback. 



Pools amongst rocks at HUbre. At Caldy Blacks, and round the shores. 



Family SPARID^. 

 Genus PAGELLUS. 

 Pagellus Centrodontus. Common Sea-beam. 



This species, caught about our shores, is occasionally seen in the market. 



Family SCOMBERID^. 

 Genus SCOMBEE. 

 Scomber Scomber. The Mackarel. 

 At times in considerable numbers. 



Genus ZEUS. 

 Zeus Faber. The Dory, or Doree. 

 Not rare. 

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