346 OTHER NEW FISHES. CHAP. xvi. 



other species of this genus. The back also and head were 

 thickly covered with very small, dark, star-like spots, which, 

 together with two narrow yellow streaks extending from the 

 top of the head, above the mouth, and diverging to the eyes, 

 had disappeared when subjected to my examination. Iris of 

 the eye silvery, the pupil bluish-green ; the fins dull grey, as 

 also the pair of barbs ; but the single one on the lip at its 

 root is almost of as deep a colour as the top of the head and 

 back. . . . 



" I regard it as no other than an act of justice to the 

 discoverer of this fish to assign to it the name of Edward's 

 Midge (Couchia Edwardii), of which the specific character is 

 sufficiently obvious." 



Mr. Edward followed up this paper by a fuller 

 description of the Midge., after he had had an oppor- 

 tunity of observing a much larger number , of speci- 

 mens.* 



It is scarcely necessary to describe at length the 

 large number of new fishes belonging to the Moray 

 Firth which Edward for the first time recognised and 

 described. For instance, the Bonito, the Tunny 

 fishes for the most part found in the Mediterranean, 

 the Pilot-fish, the Bear-fish, the Short Sun-fish, 

 the Bald-fish, the Scald-fish, and several species of 

 Sharks. Strange fishes such as these had occasion- 

 ally been found before ; but Edward never missed 

 the opportunity of carefully observing them and 

 describing their habits, sometimes in the Zoologist 



* "A few additional Particulars regarding Couchia Edwardii, 

 By Thomas Edward, A. L.S." Linnean Society's Journal; "Zoo- 

 logy*" vol. x. 



