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parts of the coast. By some it has been injudiciously 

 considered as a variety of the five bearded cod. 



SECTION IV. With tiro dorsal fins ; chin beardless. 



80. G. mcrluccius. Hake. 



This fish is tinknown in Scotland, and is seldom seen 

 on the east coast of Eng!,.;-.d ; but in the south-west 

 shores of that kingdom, and on the south-east shores 

 of Ireland, it is found in great shoals, and caught for 

 the market. It is not held in high estimation, as its 

 flesh is soft and insipid. 



SECTION V. Wilh one dorsal Jin; chin bearded. 



81. C. brorme. Tusk. 



This species Li chiefly found in the seas around the 

 Zetland islands. It is rare in Orkney, and very sel- 

 dom found to the south of the Pentland Frith. Con- 

 siderable confusion has arisen in the determination of 

 the synonymes of this fish, in consequence of calling 

 our fish torsk instead of task, as the former name on the 

 continent designates a very different species. 



We are aware that several other species of cod have 

 been described by naturalists as natives of our seas, but 

 their claim* to rank as distinct species have not been 

 satisfactorily ascertained. 



GENUS LIII. BLCNNIUS. Blenny. 

 SECTION I. Two dorsal Jiiu ; head with teatacula. 

 8*. Bpkyscis. Forked'Blenny. 

 First observed by Mr Jago on the Cornish coast. It 

 it the Forked Hake of the British Zoology. 



SECTION II. One dorsal Jin ; head nitft tenlacula. 

 B. oceUaru. Ocellated Blenny. 



This well known Mediterranean species, was found 

 in the year 1814 by the late Mr Montagu, at Torcross, 

 Devonshire, and is figured and described by him in 

 the second volume of the Memoir* of the Wernerian 

 Kit. Hist. Socitly La Cepede has erroneously placed 

 tin- in his first section, as if it had two dorsal fins, and 

 has, without sufficient reason, changed the trivial name 

 into lepus. 



8V. B. gallonig inra. Gattorugine Blenny. 



Described by Pennant as having been found on the 

 coast of Anglesea. Montagu has likewise met with it 

 on the south coast of Devon. 



85. B. galerila. Crested Blenny. 



It is found on the rocky shores of the English coast, 

 but is by no meant a common species. 



86 B. Moniafni. 



This species is described at length, and figured by 

 Montagu in the first volume of the Memoirs of the Wer. 

 nerimnffal. Hist. Society. He entertains doubts as to its 

 claims to rank as a species distinct from the preceding, 

 although its characters are sufficiently well marked. 



SirTioN III. One dorsal fin ; no tenlacula on the head. 



87. B. pkoht. Smooth Blenny. 



This specie* is found plentifully on the south coast 

 of England under stones. 



88. B. ntif^rui. Viviparous Blenny. 



This is the most common species, being found near 

 the shore under i toner, and among the sea-weed at all 

 parts of the coast. 



89. B. gunnellus. Spotted Blenny. 



Thi is equally common with the last in the same si- 

 tuations. Mr Low, in his \ulural History of Orkney, 

 notices a fish allied to this species, which he calls 

 Purple Blenny. He says, " I should almost take it for 

 a variety, (of B. gunnellus') were it not the colour is 

 different ; being in this reddish purple ; the fins light- 

 est, nd of the HOW shape and size of the former. It 



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likewise wants the spots on the back, the other has ; British 

 instead of eleven in the former, this has only a single , Kishcs - 

 one, and that placed near the beginning of the back """Y"~" 

 fin. In other circumstances, both of its shape and way 

 of life, it agrees altogether with the former." Fabrf- 

 cius and other naturalists have described several va- 

 rieties of the gunnel blenny, differing chiefly in the 

 number and colour of the spots. 



GENUS LVII. LEPIDOPOS. Scale-foot. 



90. L. If trader*. Four-toothed Scale-foot 



The late Mr Montagu described and figured this spe- 

 cies for the first time as a British fish, in the Memoirs of 

 the Wernerian Fat. Hist. Society, vol. i. p. 81. Tab. 2. 

 It was taken in Salcomb harbour on the coast of South 

 Devon in 1 808. A smaller specimen occurred near the 

 same place two years afterwards. 



GENUS LIX CEPOLA. Band-fish. 



91. C.rubescens. Red Band- fi.sh. Band fisi 

 The only British specimen of this fish which has oc- 

 curred, was caught in Salcomb bay on the 25th of Feb. 



ruary 1803 ; and figured and described by Montagu in 

 the seventh volume of the Linncean Transactions, p. i 

 219. Tab. 17. 



GENUS LXI. GOBIUS. Goby. 



92. G. niger. Black Goby. Gob 

 Not uncommon on the English coast, where it is 



termed Rock-Jith. Sometimes found on the west coast 

 of Scotland. 



1J.1. G. minutnt. Spotted Goby. 



This species, which is frequent on the English shores, 

 is likewise found on those of Scotland. It is chiefly 

 obtained from the shrimp nets. 



GENUS LXVI. SCOMBEH. Mackrel. 



9*. 5 scomber. Common Mackrel. Mackrel. 



Common on all parts of the coast, principally during 

 the autumn months. The Coly Mackrel of some au- 

 thors appears to be only a variety. 



95. S. thynnni. Tunny Mackrel. 



Not uncommon on the west coast of Scotland. They 

 appear to be rare on the English coast. 



96- S. pet amis. Bonito. 



\Vc insert this in the British list on the authority of 

 Stewart, who, in his Elements of Natural History, 2d 

 edit. vol. i. p. 3(53, says, " It has been taken, though 

 rarely, in the Frith of Forth." 



GENUS LXVIII. CARANX. Scad. 



97. C. trachurus. Common Scad. Sca( j 

 This is a rare fish on our coasts. It has occurred to 



Pennant and Donovan, but few other British naturalists 

 have met with it. 



GENUS LXXXIV. ECHINEIS. Sucking Fish. 



98. E. remora. European sucking fish. 



This fish holds its place in the British list on the au- 

 thority of Turton, who says, in his British Fauna, 

 p. 94, " taken by the author, in Swansea, from the 

 back of a cod fish, in the summer of 1 806. 



GENUS LXXX1X. ASPIDOPHORUS. Pogge. 



99. A. cataphractus. Mailed pogge. Pogg& 

 Common on all parts of the coast. It ascends the 



large rivers as far as the water is brackish. 



GENUS XC I. COTTCS. Butt Head. 

 100 C. gobio. River bull head. 

 Frequent in England in the clear brooks. 

 101. C. scorpio. Father lasher. 

 This is a very common species. It is found in all 

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