FISHES 85 



36.— IVIACKEREL. Scomber scombrus. L. 

 Common : sometimes very numerous in summer. 



37.— RAY'S BREAM. Brama rail. Bl. 



Obtained twice off Anglesey. 



Professor Philip Wliite tells me that an example of this rare 

 fiph in Bangor University Museum was obtained locally in 1912. 



38.— OPAH, OR KING FISH. Lampris luna. (L.). 



Rare : obtained off west Anglesey and in the Dee and Conway estuaries. 

 Yarrell gives the date of the Conway specimen as August, 1835. 



39.— SWORD-FISH. XipUas gladius. L. 

 Recorded twice — off Flint and Anglesey. 



40.— GREATER WEAVER, or SEA CAT. Trachinus draco. 

 Not common generally, but occurs off the west coast and in Menai Straits 



41.— COMMON WEAVER, or STING FISH. Trachinus 

 viper a. Cuv. & Val. 



Common on sandy shallows. 



42.— DRAGONET. Callionymus lyra. L. 



Not uncommon, especially off the north coast and Anglesey. 



Fairly abundant in the Dee estuary at all times of the year, 

 spawning in local waters (F. Fauna Cheshire, II., 102). One 

 caught with rod and line off Llandudno pier-head, 12th November, 

 1910 (R. W. Jones). 



43.— TWO-SPOTTED SUCKER. Lepadogaster 

 bimaculatus. (Perm.). 



Recorded off west Anglesey. 



