Galtij Marine Lahoratoryj St. Andrews. IIP 



on July 6th at Plymouth, ''while j\Ir. Holt procured 

 another with nearly ripe ovaries at the end of June 

 off the west of Ireland." Prof. Herdman, again, found 

 spawning hake south of the Isle of Alan on Apiil 5th. In 

 Scandinavia the spawning-season is in the middle of July, 

 though the authors appear to attach weight to the statement 

 of the fishermen that there is only a single small bank of 

 sand and shingle in the Cattegat where the hake spawns *. 



RaflFaele described the newly hatched larva and Mr. Holt 

 the young from 1^ to 1| inches, whilst, lately, an able 

 Danish observer, Dr. Jobs Schmidt f, from his unique 

 opportunities in the Danish research steamer ' Thor,' has 

 been able to fill in the post-larval stages from 4^ mm., and 

 the young to 31 mm., and thus complete the life-history. 

 Amongst the marked features distinguishing the post-larval 

 hake between 7 and 15 mm. are the plump form of the body, 

 the occurrence of three post-anal pigment bars, the last only 

 on the tail itself and not on the caudal fin, and the less 

 elongated pelvic fins — when contrasted with the lings and 

 torsk, while the older stages are marbled (Schmidt). 



No spawning hake having been procured in the trawding 

 expeditions of former years or since in Scottish waters, it 

 was interesting that on the 4th July, 1911, a female hake 

 30 inches long was caught in the salmon stake-nets off the 

 East Rocks, St. Andrews, the fish having apparently been 

 swimming freely in the water. Its ovaries were well- 

 developed and portions were ripe, tlie transparent eggs with 

 a clear oil-globule readily issuing from the reproductive 

 aperture and floating freely in a vessel of sea- water. The 

 eggs measured about "8915 mm., and the oil-globnles -2286 

 mm. These eggs are somewhat less than those described by 

 llaffaele from southern examples. The hake would thus 

 appear to agree with the cod in having its spawning-period 

 prolonged over a week or two. 



3. O/i Eteone depressa, Myrn.X, var., a Species not 

 hitherto found in Britain. 



An Eteone collected at Scarborough by Dr. Irving and 

 Mr. Arnold "Watson during an excursion of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union jNlarine Biology Committee appears to 

 differ from any hitherto found in Britain, and I am indebted 



» 'Scand. Fishes,' Fries, Ekstrum, and Sunde vail, 2nd edit. (Smitt). 

 1893, pp. 518 & 519. 



t ' Meddelelser fra Kommiss. Havunders,' Kiiibenbavn, 1907, Serie 

 Fiskeri, Bd. ii. pp. 4-7, pi. v. tigs. 1-13. 



t Nordiska llafs- Annul, p. 103, tab. xv.f, 36 ; Annul. Polych. p. 149. 



