242 
Statistics, fishery, information regarding 
the place of fishing necessary, (20) 88. 
in relation to method of fish- 
ing, (20) 79. 
—— in relation to place where fish 
caught, (20) 80. 
— — —— necessity of ascertaining dura- 
tion of fishing operations, (20) 90. 
—— necessity of ascertaining place 
of capture of fish, (20) 80; (21) 38. 
—— necessity of dealing with 
catches of individual vessels, (21) 38. 
new system of, described, (20) 
75. 
—— —-- report on, (7) 178. 
—— of Buckhaven haddock line-fishing, 
(5) 130. 
of East Coast fisheries, (6) 18, &c. 
of fish caught by forty-three East 
Coast fishing boats, 1887, (5) 132. 
—— of fish caught by line and net boats 
in inshore grounds, (5) 82. 
—— of fish caught by line-fishermen, 
(14) 21. 
of fish caught by line-fishermen and 
beam-trawlers, (7) 19; (8) 26; (9) 24; 
(12) 28, 179. 
—— of fish caught by line-fishermen in 
the Moray Firth, (14) 23, 120. 
of fish caught by trawlers, (20) 74. 
of fish caught in Aberdeen district, 
(6) 97. 
of fish caught in Anstruther district, 
(6) 117. 
—— of fish caught in Leith district, (6) 
124. 
—— of fish caught in Montrose district, 
(6) 108. 
of fish caught in Stonehaven district, 
(6) 100. 
of fish caught within the area 
restricted from trawling in Anstruther 
district, (5) 131. 
—— of fishermen and boats, (10) 12. 
—— of fishing boats, (7) 27. 
--—of fishing boats and fishermen 
engaged, (9) 8. 
——of fish landed, Act empowering 
collection of, (20) 78. 
of fish landed, imperfection of, (20) 
76. 
—--of fish landed in Leith district in 
1884, 1885, and T886, (5) 217. 
of fish landed by net and line boats 
and by steam beam-trawl boats, 
1886-7, (5) 206. 
——of ‘‘flounder, plaice, and_ brill,” 
analysis of, (20) 77. 
of great-liners, (20) 86. 
of line-caught fish from territorial 
waters, (12) 30; (14) 21. 
of North Sea fisheries, (21) 37. 
of Scottish fisheries since 1809, 
(10) 15, 174. 
—— of Tay sprat fishery, (23) 157. 
Stauroneis anceps, (9) 274. 
Stebbing, Rev. T. R. R., (10) 244. 
Stegocephaloides aurates, (15) 138. 
christianiensis, (15) 138; (17) 265; 
(20) 478. 
Part IIT —Twenty-third Annual Report 
Stegoplax brevicornis, (20) 510. 
—— brevirostris, (19) 260. 
— — longirostris, (18) 401. 
Stenhelia blanchardi, (18) 390. 
confusa, (20) 449, 458. 
denticulata, (12) 240. 
— dispar, (12) 239. 
hirsuta, (12) 239; (20) 457. 
—— hispida, (12) 239; (15) 149; (19) 
248 ; (20) 457. 
—— ima, (6) 239; (8) 318; (15) 149; (20) 
457; (21) 114. 
—— intermedia, (15) 169; (19) 248 ; (20) 
457. 
pygmeda, (23) 144. 
—— reflexa, (13) 167. 
Stenorhynchus phalangium, (6) 256. 
—— rostratus, (6) 256. 
Stenothocheres egregius, (22) 242, 250. 
sarsi, (22) 225. 
Stenothoé marina, (7) 319; (15) 138; (16) 
170, 177, 210; (17) 265; (20) 516, 527, 
529. 
—— monoculoides, (6) 246; (15) 138. 
—— pollexiana, (6) 246. 
Stephanopyxis turris, (15) 214. 
Stephos fultont, (16) 266; (18) 383. 
—— gyrans, (15) 146; (19) 237 ; (21) 110. 
——- minor, (16) 266 ; (20) 450. 
—— scotti, (20) 450; (21) 110. 
Steven, Dr J. Lindsay, (10) 323. 
Stewart, Dr C. Hunter, (7) 412, 472. 
Sthenometopa robusta, (20) 478. 
Stichaster rosews, (15) 161; (20) 809, 319, 
324. 
Stickleback, fifteen-spined, (Giasterosteus 
spinachia), (18) 281 ; (23) 157. 
—— fecundity of, (9) 254. 
—— —— food of, (20) 486, 505. 
—— —— in Loch Fyne, (4) 232; (15) 111. 
—— —— nest of, (4) 212. 
—— —— parasite of, (18) 147. 
—— three-spined (Grasterosteusaculeatus), 
(18) 281 ; (23) 157. 
food of, (20) 486, 504. 
—— —— parasites of, (9) 273; (18) 147, 
179; (19) 122. 
Stilifer turtont, (7) 324. 
Stiliger modestus, (8) 331. 
Sting ray. See Ray, sting. 
Stirling, Professor W., (2) 31; (4) 166, 
256. 
Stomatopora granulata, (15) 157. 
Stomphia churchie, (15) 163. 
Stone bass (Polyprion americanus), (18) 
274. 
—— —— spawning period of, (4) 244. 
Stonehaven, pelagic eggs of fishes off, 
(12) 300. 
Storms, effect of, on marine fauna, (4) 
215. 
Stow-net fishing and the destruction of 
immature fish, (8) 190. 
Streaked  gurnard. 
streaked. 
Streblocercus minutus, (17) 141, 184, 199. 
Striped wrasse. See Wrasse, striped. 
Strongylocentrotus droébachiensis, (20) 
316, 319, 324. 
Sturgeon (Acztpenser stwrio), (18) 289. 
See  Gurnard, 
