FISHES OF THE IRISH SEA* 45 



GASTEROSTEUS SPINACHIA, Linn. Fifteen-spined Stickleback. 



(Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 246, PI. LXVIII, Fig. 5.) 

 (Fish. Mus., Zool. Dep., Univ. Coll., Liverpool.) Local iiame\ " Jack Sharp." 

 This is more of a marine species than the last two. It ranges from the Baltic to the 

 Bay of Biscay. It has been recorded from Anglesey ; from pools amongst rocks at Hilbre 

 Island, Caldy Blacks, &c. (Byerley) ; and we have had it from Morecambe, Menai Straits, 

 and the Barrow Channel. It is common in Port Erin Bay in summer. 



B. PHARYNGOGNATHI. 



Right and left lower pharyngeal bones fused with each other to form a single bone 

 in floor of mouth. 



This little section includes the Wrasses, and is distinguished from the last group by 

 the fused condition of the lower pharyngeal bones in the floor of the mouth. 



Family L ABRIDGE. 



LABRUS MACULATUS, Bl. Ballan Wrasse. 



(Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 252, PI. LXX, and LXXI.) 



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



This Wrasse is distributed from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. 



It has been recorded from the Skerries, Anglesey (Donovan), and Cohvyn Bay on 

 the North Wales coast ; and we find it at Piel in Barrow Channel, and in the Menai 

 Straits. It is occasionally taken by our Fisheries steamer on the off-shore grounds between 

 Lancashire and the Isle of Man. 



LABRUS MIXTUS, Fries and Eks. Cook Wrasse. 



(Day's British Fishes, vol. I., p. 256, PI. LXXII.) 



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



This 'species ranges from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean. 



In our district it has been recorded from Anglesey (Pennant), and from the Manx 

 coast. It is abundant in and around Port Erin Bay in summer. We have seen it brought 

 into Fleetwood by trawlers. 



CRENILABRUS MELOPS (Lillil.) Gilt-head. 



(Day's British Fishes^ vol. I., p. 260, PI. LXXIII.) 

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



This fish is sometimes called Baillon's Wrasse, or Sea-partridge, sometimes the 

 Gilt-head or Gold-sinny. It ranges from Norway to the Mediterranean. Byerley records 

 a specimen taken at Hoylake in 1850. 



CTENOLABRUS RUPESTRIS (Linn.) Gold-slimy. 

 (Day's British Fishes, vol. I. p. 264, PI. LXXIV.) 



It ranges, from Norway to- the Mediterranean. North Wales {Eyton) ; shore near 

 Aberystwyth ; also Liverpool Bay. 



