FISHES. 271 



Order 2. GANOIDEL 



Sub-order CEONDEOSTEL 



Family ACIPENSERID-ffi. 



Acipenser sturio, L. Sturgeon, 



Eecorded from Orkney as far back as the time of Wallace, and 

 again by Low. 



In later times one was found just dead at Melsetter by 

 Mr. Moodie-Heddle's father in 1828, which was 3 feet long. 

 Another came ashore about 4 feet long in 1867, which Mr. 

 Moodie-Heddle saw, and from which he removed some of the 

 plates. 



Sub-class 2. TELEOBTEL 

 Order 1. ACANTHOPTERYGIL 



Division ACANTHOPTEKYGII PEKCIFOKMES. 

 Family SPARIDJE. 

 Group PAGRINA. 

 Pagrus auratus (L.). Gilthead. 



Not common. First recorded from Orkney in 1844. J. G. M.-H. 

 There was one in the Kirkwall Museum. W. Baikie. 



Pagellus centrodontus, De la Roche. Common Sea Bream, 



First described as an Orkney fish from two specimens caught at 

 Scapa in 1853 or 1855. Not uncommon in the Pentland Firth. 

 J. G. M.-H. 



Mr. Irvine-Fortescue says these fish are frequently caught in 

 hand-lines in Scapa Flow. They appear to swim in small shoals, 



