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66. Cyclopterus Montagui, Don. Liparis Montagui, Flem. Mon- 

 tagu's Sucking-fish, Parr. Eare. 



67. Anguilla acutieostris, Yarr. Common Eel, Penn. Sharp-nosed 

 Eel, Yarr. Common. 



68. Anguilla latirostris, Yarr. The Broad-nosed Eel, Yarr. Dr 

 Parnell gave me a small specimen taken in the Tweed, where I 

 believe it is not uncommon, and is distinguished from the others 

 by the name of Silver-Eel. 



69. Conger vulgaris, Cuv. Anguilla Conger, Jenyns. Conger, Tenn. 

 The Conger-Eel. Not common. Attains a large size. 



70. Ammodytes tobianus, Bloch. Sand-Launce, Penn. The Sand-Eel. 



On sandy parts of the coast, whence it is dug with an old hook at 

 low tide. 



71. Ammodytes lancea, Cuv. The Sand-Launce, Yarr. More com- 

 mon than the preceding, from which it is not distinguished by our 

 fishermen. 



72. Syngnathus acus, Linn. Pipe-fish, Penn. The Great Pipe-fish, 



Yarr. Not common. 



73. Syngnathus jequoreus, Linn. The .^quoreal Pipe-fish. Yarr. 

 Eare. A fine specimen, taken in our Bay, was brought to me 

 alive ; and Mr Embleton has also had it from near Dunstanborough 

 Castle. According to M. Fries the Syng. ophidion of Jenyns and 

 Yarrell, (not of Linn.), is the male of this species. See Annals of 

 Nat. Hist. ii. p. 103. 



74. Syngnathus lumbriciformis, Yarr. (not of Jenyns according to 

 M. Fries). Little Pipe-fish, Pe7in. The Worm Pipe-fish, Yarr. 

 Apparently not rare, lurking among the coarser wracks (Fuci) 

 between tide marks. 



75. AoiPENSER Sturio, i?Vm. The Sturgeon. One or more specimens 

 are almost annually taken in our bay or river. 



76. Squalus canicula, Linn. Scyllium Catulus, Flem. The Small- 

 spotted Dog-fish, Yarr. Eare. 



77. Squalus cornubicus, Gmel. Lamna cornubica, Flem. Porbeagle 



Shark, Yarr. I have seen several specimens of this Shark taken 

 in our bay from five to eight feet in length. It is undoubtedly of 

 this species that Wallis gives the following account : — " An exotic 

 and singular-coloured Shark was taken in a salmon-net at the 

 ostium of the Tweed, a little above the bridge, in September 1757. 

 It was six feet long, and of a greenish colour ; the mouth armed 

 with teeth large and formidable. The fishermen, on first hauling 

 the net, were in rapturous expectation of an extraordinary and 

 unusual draught of salmon, but on di-awing it near to the shore, 

 great was their consternation and surprise on the sight of this 

 dangerous creature, which made the water fly about their ears to 

 a prodigious height. It is supposed to have followed the East 



