78 EECORDS OF BOAE-FISH. 



deep. It was the boar-fisli [Capros saiujVier). I have 

 received several specimens since. 



In Land and Water, 1880, my friend Dr. Day has 

 published the following remarks : — 



'' I happened to be present when sixteen examples 

 arrived at Westminster Aquarium, from Mr. Dunn, of 

 Mevagissey. They were all of a rich red hue, while 

 most of them had a dark band over the base of the tail 

 just before the origin of the caudal fin ; the outer edge 

 of the ventrals was also dark-tipped. One had faint 

 traces of vertical bands, and another had a row of 

 black spots along the base of the dorsal fin. 



" The captures recorded in the British Isles are in 

 Mounts Bay, October, 1825 ; at Bridgwater in 1833 ; 

 Teignmouth about the same time ; Lossiemouth in 

 1839 ; on March 6, 1812, on the beach at Brighton. 



"At Falmouth in 1811, and on August 12, 1843, the 

 shore on the western side of Plymouth was strewn with 

 numbers captured by trawlers, who threw them over- 

 board when turning out their nets. The fishermen 

 stated that within a few years these fish have sv/armed 

 to such an extent as to have become a perfect pest, and 

 that in many instances the trawlers have actually been 

 obliged to change their fishing ground in order to be 

 out of their way. 



" One from the Scilly Isles in 1870; one from Tor- 

 cross in 1875 ; and a shoal of fifteen taken on the south- 

 west coast of Cornwall. In 1879 a number were washed 

 ashore at Poole, during the night of March 30, some of 

 them contained spawn, which Mr. Penney considered 

 were delicious, their flesh possessing a creamy white- 

 ness and a delicate flavour. Ax^ril the same year 

 two were recorded from Exmouth ; two from Torquay 

 in February ; in May one was picked up on the beach 



