FISHES 99 



136.— BLUE SHARK. Carcharias glaucus. (L.) 



Common in the west ; less frequent on the north coast. 



One five feet long and weighing 31 lbs., Wcas caught at Llandudno 

 by IVlr. G. H. Harding, 18th September, 1907. 



137.— PICKED DOG FISH. Acanthias vulgaris. Risso. 

 Common all round the coast. 



138.— MONK-FISH, or ANGEL FISH. Ehina squatina. L. 



Not uncommon ; occurs on all parts of the coast. 



Mr. Rltys P. Allaway has the head of one 48 lbs. weight which 

 he took in a net off Llanbedr in August, 1892 : it was 5 feet 

 long. Dr. F. S. Jackson records another of about the same 

 size caught by a man named Evan Roberts, 29th June, 1908, 

 between Aberdovey and Towyn. Roberts states that he 

 caught another, 7 feet long, some years earlier. 



139.— TORPEDO, or ELECTRIC RAY. Torpedo nohiliana. 



Bonap. 



Rare j taken in the trawl occasionally. 



140,— CO]\LVION OR BLUE SKATE. Raia batis. L. 

 Plentiful. 



141.— THORNBACK, Raia clavata, (L.) 

 Abundant. 



142.— HOMELYN, or SPOTTED RAY. Raia maculata. 



Mont. 



Not uncommon off the north coast and round Anglesey. 



142a.— SHAGREEN RAY. Raia fuUanica. 



Rare : obtained off Anglesey and in Cardigan Bay. 



Dr. J. Travis Jenkins informs me that a fine adult male was 

 caught in the trawl of the Fishery steamer three miles east 

 of Point Lynas, Anglesey, on loth February, 1911. The average 

 depth of water during the haul was 23 fathoms. 



