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Genus Trichiurus, Linnaeus. 



TricMurus lepturus, Linnseus. The Silvery Hairtail. (Deep-sea.) 



Trichiurus lepturus, .... Andrews, '* Proc. Roy. Dub. Soc," vi., p. 35. 

 ,, „ .... GiJNTHEE, "ChalL," vi., p. 66, and xxii., p. 39. 



Several examples have occurred on the Irish coast. The Silvery Hairtail is to 

 a great extent pelagic in habit, but was taken by the " Challenger," off Inosima, 

 Japan, in 345 fathoms. Like the last species, it appears to be practically 

 cosmopolitan in its horizontal distribution. 



Fam.— SCOMBRIDJE. 



Genus Echeneis, Artedi. 

 Echeneis remora, Linnaeus. The Sucking Fish. 



The head and shoulders of a Sucking Fish were found in the stomach of a 

 Picked dogfish [Acantheas vulgaris) taken on the S.W. coast during the survey. 



We are thus able to add another to the somewhat scanty records of the occurrence 

 of this fish in British waters. 



The late Dr. Day (Fish. Gt. Brit. i. p. 107), considered that " Commerson, 

 and some later writers " had drawn largely on the credulity of their readers in 

 describing the use made of fish of this genus in the capture of turtle on the 

 Mozambique coast. It may therefore be noted that the existence of what appears 

 to be an essentially similar fishery in the Torres Straits has recently been 

 established by the observation of Professor Haddon. 



Fam. — C AE ANGIDiE. 



Genus Capros, Lac^pfede. 



Capros aper, Linnseus. The Boar Fish. (Deep-sea.) 



Capros apery Vaillant, " Exp. Sci. Trav. Talism. Poiss.," p. 360. 



„ „ GiJNTHEK, "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.," 1889, p. 417. 



This species was not met with during the survey. Examples have been 

 recorded by Gtinther from 180 fathoms off the S.W. coast of Ireland, and by 

 Vaillant from the South Atlantic at a maximum depth of 192 fathoms. The Boar 



