346 FISHES. 



The Axillary Bream is a somewhat similar fish, having 

 the fins and belly of paler hue, and lacking the black spot 

 Axillary on the shoulder. Little appears to be known 

 Bream. o f j^ s na bits, though from the fact of its having 

 been taken on the coasts of Scotland and Cornwall, its dis- 

 tribution in British waters should not be very limited. 



The Spanish Bream is smaller, its greatest length (Couch) 



Spanish being about 10 inches, and is also taken mostly 



Bream. on the south-west coast in the autumn months. 



It is conspicuously spotted with blue. I caught one this 



(1897) August at Mevagissey; weight about 2 Ibs. 



[An allied form, Pagellus acarne, is also taken on rare 

 occasions.] 



The Pandora is a red bream with blue spots. Of 

 Pandora or m ig rator y habits,, it is taken off the south 

 King of the and south-west coasts of Great Britain and 

 Breams. Ireland, but never in any numbers, though 

 not uncommon. 



The Old Wife, to all intents and purposes the popular 

 " Black brim " of Australian fishermen, is not uncommon 

 Old Wife on our sout h coast, where it grows to similar 

 or Black dimensions as those of the common sea-bream, 

 Sea-Bream, though examples of 20 inches are recorded. 

 Farther north, and on the Irish coast, it becomes rarer. 

 Like all the breams, it is taken on the rocks, where it finds 

 crustacean food to its taste. In colour, it is silvery grey 

 rather than black, and has longitudinal yellow bands on 

 the body and rows of dark spots on the fins. 



The Bogue, which is of a bronze hue with yellow longi- 

 tudinal lines and a brown spot on the pectoral fin, is not 

 common in our waters, but in parts of the 

 Mediterranean there is a regular fishery for 

 it, and I have taken numbers on the rod off Leghorn. 



