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shrimp trawl (A. Scott.) "Very often taken in shrimp nets and in pools at low tide" 

 (Byerley.) We have also taken it in Morecambe Bay in the shrimp trawl, and in the Menai 

 Straits. It is also occasionally found under stones and amongst Laminaria in Port Erin Bay. 

 We find that it feeds on the shank (Pandalns annulicornis). 



LIPARIS MONTAGUI (Don. ) Montagu's Sucker. 



(Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 186, PI. LVL, Fig. 2.) 



(Fish. Mus., Zool. Dep. , Univ. Coll., Liverpool.) 



Montagu's or the diminutive Sucker is commoner on our southern coasts than Liparis 

 vulgaris. It is not uncommon on our shrimping grounds. We have taken it in the shrimp 

 trawl off Formby, in the Rock Channel, Liverpool, and in other places in our estuaries. 

 It has also been recorded from Holyhead (Eyton), the Dee estuary (Walker), and A. Scott 

 has taken it in the shrimp trawl between the Dingle and Garston on the Mersey, along with 

 the last species, in December, 1894. 



Family GOBIESOCID.E. 



LEPADOGASTER BIMACULATUS (Don.) Double-spotted Sucker. 

 (Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 192, PI. LVII., Fig. 3.) 

 (Fish. Mus., Zool. Dep., Univ. Coll., Liverpool.) 



This species ranges from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. It has been recorded in 

 Belfast Lough, Strangford Lough, and elsewhere on the shores of the Irish Sea ; it is 

 common in Port Erin Bay, and must occur in other parts of the district. 



LEPADOGASTER GOUANII (Lace"p.) Cornish Sucker. 



(Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 189, PI. LVII., Fig. i.) 



(Fish. Mus., Zool. Dep., Univ., Coll., Liverpool.) 



This little species is common in Port Erin Bay and must also occur elsewhere in 

 the district. 



LEPADOGASTER DECANDOLII, Risso Connemara Sucker. 

 (Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 191, PI. LVII., Fig. 2.) 

 This rarer species is occasionally taken in Port Erin Bay. 



Family BLENNIID^E. 



ANARRHICHAS LUPUS, Linn. Wolf-flsh. 



(Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 195, PI. LVIII.) 



This is a northern form, and is commoner in the North Sea and along the East 

 coast than with us, and is not uncommon in the Clyde district. It has, however, been 

 recorded from Belfast, Dublin Bay, and other points round the shores of the Irish Sea. It is 

 recorded in the Liverpool Free Public Museum from "the Rock Buoy, Irish Sea, 4/2/78"; 

 and we have a specimen in the University College Museum, which is possibly local. 



Prof. White tells us that he finds young specimens in the Menai Straits, 



