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Rays: Relative number of sexes, 229. 
Size of males and females, 230. 
Rhizothrix curvata, 123. 
SatL-FLUKE : see Megrim. 
Saithe : see Coal-fish. 
Sandy Ray (Raza circularis): Propor- 
tion of sexes, 230. 
Scald-fish (Platophrys laterna), 51. 
Scomber scombrus : see Mackerel. 
Sebastes ; see Norway Haddock. 
Sex: Relative numbers of males and 
females among Skates and Rays, 229. 
Sexual characters, external, of Carcinus 
menas, 160. 
Shagreen Ray (Raia fullonica): Pro- 
portion of sexes, 230. 
Shore-crab: see Carcinus menas. 
Skates: Size of males and females, 230. 
Relative number of sexes, 229. 
Smith Bank ; Hauls on, 18. 
Sole, Common (Solea vulgaris), 32, 54, 
229, 
Distribution of, 54. 
Solea lutea: see Solenette. 
—— vulgaris: see Sole. 
Solenette (Solea lutea), 53. 
Distribution of, 53. 
Spawning pond, 181. 
Spawning of Angler, 189. 
Armed-Bullhead, 74. 
—— Carcinus menas, 138, 174. 
—— Common Dab, 45. 
—— Lemon Dab, 48. 
—— Lesser Weever, 70. 
—— Sprat, 67. 
Sprat (Clupea sprattus), 52, 67. 
Caught in otter-trawl, 67. 
Spawning of, 67. 
Starry Ray (Rava radiata): Proportion 
of sexes. 230. 
—— Rate of growth of, 231. 
Statistics: Necessity of ascertaining the 
place of fishing, 38. 
—— Necessity of dealing with catches of 
individual vessels, 38. 
Special, of North Sea fisheries, 37. 
Stenhelia, 125. 
wma, 114. 
Stephos gyruns, 110. 
scottt, 110. . 
Striped Wrasse (Labrus mixtus) Food 
of, 221. 
Sturgeon : Caught in trawl, 228. 
Tarset Ness: Hauls off, 37. 
Tetragoniceps incertus, 117. 
pygmeus, 117. 
Thalestris clausti, 130. 
—— peltata, 129. 
rufocincta, 130. 
Thornback Ray (Raia clavata): Pro- 
portion of sexes, 230. 
Topknot, Muller’s, 229. 
Trachinus vipera : see Lesser Weever. 
Trawling : Result of successive hauls on 
sare ground, 34, 36. 
Trigla gurnardus : see Gurnard. 
Turbot (Bothus maximus), 51. 
Distribution of, 51. 
—— Food of, 52. 
Migrations of, 51. 
Tusk (Brosmius brosme), 63. 
Westwoodia nobilis, 130. 
Whiting (Gadus merlangus) : Spawning 
Pout (Gadus luscus) : Food of, 221. 
Witch (Pleuronectes cynoglossus), 49. 
Abundant in Moray Firth, 49. 
—— Distribution of, 49. 
—— Food of, 223. 
— Rarity of young, 49. 
ZORA of Carcinus meenas, 139. es 
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