ioo FISHES. 



6. Alopecias vulpes (Gm.). Fox Shark. Thrasher. 



Accidental visitant from the Atlantic and the Mediterranean 

 Sea, of rare occurrence. 



Scarborough, one seen, Sept. 1854 (Briggs, Zool., 1854, p. 



Bridlington, one, Oct 15, 1868, 12 feet long; now in the 

 Leeds Museum. 



Whitby, one caught some years ago (Stephenson, MS.). 



Redcar, one washed ashore near the Tees mouth in Oct. 1879, 

 five feet in length (Nelson, MS.). 



7. Selache maxima (Gunner}. Basking Shark. 



Supposed to have occurred near Scarborough on two occa- 

 sions, but the evidence as to identification is insufficient. 



Fain. NOTIDANIDJE. 



8. Notidanus griseus (Gm.). Grey Notidanus. 



Fam. SCYLLIIDJE, 



9. Scyllium canicula (Z.). Small-spotted Dogfish. 



Resident, not uncommon along the coast. This species is 

 the ' Nurse-Hound ' of Couch. At Redcar it is known as 



* Sea-Nurse.' 



ID. Scyllium stellare (Z.). Large-spotted Dogfish. 



The only authority for including this species is its enumera- 

 tion in Dr. Murray's Scarborough list (1832). 



11. Pristiurus melanostomus Bonap. Black-mouthed 



Dogfish. 



Fam. SPINACnXE. 



12. Acanthias vulgaris Risso. Picked Dogfish. 



Resident, abundant. The common dogfish of the Yorkshire 

 coast. At Redcar this is called ' Sea-Dog.' 



