146 THE FISHERfES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



distinction. Amongst these may be mentioned the dusky Serranus (Cite me), 

 the Stone Basse, the s i i is, the Flying Gurnard (Rondinclla), 



the Spet (Pes \ o), and the Scabbard-fish (6 ), which 



Ins been caught after a hurricane offZaole; also the Hair-tail, the Atlantic 

 Bonito, the Germon and the Pilot-fish (Fanfauo), which occasionally enters 

 the pons in the company of vessels; the Remora, attached to the bronchial 

 aperture ^( sharks, tunny, and sword fish : the Black-fish (Centrohphus sp.), 

 Dolphins (( i sp.), Ray's Sea-bream and i < (Pesct 



o), a specimen of which was caught near Trieste in December, 1S70. 

 weighing 50 kilos, the first time since twenty years ago, when one was 

 caught at Muggia; also tl- . the Seriola D it, the 



Derbio (I \ the • . . the Boar-fish, the Sword-fish 



(Pes . the Ribbon-fish (Pes ), the Histiop \ lone, the 



1 rnnipot tish (P ettd), besides various of the rarer species ^( the 



Goby, Blenny, Wrasse, Cod, and Flat-fish tribes; the larger kinds o( 

 Sharks, which only occur sporadically in these waters: the File and Sun- 

 fishes, the Needle-fishes, &c, &c. A specimen o\ Orthagoriscus Plana, the 

 truncated Sun-fish (< \ was caught not long since in the Ouarnero, 



likewise a specimen of the Flying-fish (Exoccetus). Yo these may be added 

 the following species, viz., the Hammer-headed Shark, the \ (anus 

 fat th< s g i S »/', the mailed Gurnard, the Coris Gt . the 



r, the P r a the Pleuron tsa, the 



My 1 1 rhe Sturgeon is but rarely met with on the eastern coast, 



but a specimen has been caught in a trawling-net in the Ouarnero in the 

 month of October. 



1 he Sea-spider (( e) is seldom to be found in the Fiume market 



though common at Trieste. Other kinds of crabs, as for instance, Stenor- 



\ r, Pagurtts sp.. Galai 'tea rp. s are 



occasionally met with. D tpltii and I are less 



prevalent. Amongst the shell-fish, S s, Haliotis tubercula, 



&< , .w, Turritella com 



■ ^d Dolt g are occasionally to be found, especially so at 



rri< s 



