ACANTHOPTERYGII. PISCES. 



8. SPINACHIA, Flem. 



14. S. vulgaris, Flem. Fifteen-spined Stickleback. common. 



Fam. Scicenidce. 

 9. SCI^ENA, Cuv. 



15. S. aquila. Cuv. Maigre. A fine specimen of this fish, the 

 first which has been recorded as having occurred on the Irish 

 coast, was taken whilst basking at the surface of the water oppo- 

 site Passage in the Harbour of Cork, on the 1st August 1840. It 

 measured 6 feet 4 inches. The skin and auricular bones were pre- 

 served and are in my possession, but its large and beautifully 

 fringed air-bladder was unfortunately burst in attempting to free 

 its numerous processes from their attachments between the ver- 

 tebrae. I sent a notice of this fish with some particulars, to the 

 Editors of the Annals of Natural History, which, though acknow- 

 ledged and announced for publication, did not afterwards appear. 



Fam. Sparidce. 



10. PAGELLUS, Cuv. 



16. P. centrodontus, Laroche. (sp.) Common Sea Bream common . 



Fam. Scombridce. 



11. SCOMBER, Linn. 



17. S. scomber, Linn. Mackerel. Occasionally in large quantities 



12. THYNNUS, Cuv. 



18. T. pelamys, Linn, (sp.) (?) Bonito. My friend Dr. Bullen 

 informs me that he saw and examined an individual of this species 

 which was taken at Kinsale some years since. 



13. NAUCRATES, Cuv. 



19. N. ductor, Linn, (sp.) Pilot-fish. An example of this species 

 (now first introduced into the Catalogue of Irish Fishes) was cap- 

 tured about two years since at Crookhaven in the west of this 

 county, and sent by Mr. Notter to Mr. W. T. Jones of this City. 

 It is preserved, and in Mr. Jones's possession. 



14. CARANX, Lacep.? 



20. C. trachurus, Linn, (sp.) Scad. Horse Mackerel. 



15. ZEUS, Linn. 



21. Z. faber. Linn. Dory.* not uncommon. 



* Dr. Burkitt of Waterfoid Hndly sent me, amongst many other things a 

 specimen of the Lampris Luna, Linn, (sp.) (the Opah or King-fish) which was 

 taken in October 1842, on the strand at Tramore, County Waterford. I 

 exhibited it to the Natural History Section of the British Association, at their 

 Meeting in this City. 



