ON THE MARINE ZOOLOGY OF THE IRISH SEA. 
Clupea sprattus, Linn. 
C. finta, Cuv. 
Anguilla vulgaris, Turt. - 
Conger vulgaris, Cuv. 
Siphonostoma typhie, Linn. 
Syngnathus acus, Linn. 
Nerophis equoreus, Linn. 
NV. ophidion, Linn. 
NV. lumbriciformis, Willugh. 
Orthagoriscus mola, Linn. 
Carcharias glaucus, Cuv. 
Acipenser sturio, Linn. 
Galeus vulgaris, Flem. 
Mustelus vulgaris, Mill. 
Lamna cornubica, Gm. 
Alopias vulpes, Gm. 
Selacke maxima, Gunner. 
Seyllium canicula, Cav. 
S. catulus, Cuv. 
Pristiurus melanostomus, Naf. 
Acanthias vulgaris, Risso. 
Rhina squatina, Linn. 
Torpedo nobiliana, Bonap. 
Raia batis, Linn. 
RL. oxyrhynchus, Linn. 
R. alba, Lacép. 
R&R. clavata, Linn. 
R. maculata, Mont. 
RL. circularis, Couch. 
R. macrorhynchus, Raf. 
R. radiata, Don. 
Trygon pastinaca, Linn. 
Petromyzon marinus, Linn. 
P. fluviatilis, Linn. 
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LIST OF THE MARINE MAMMALIA. 
[See Report on Seals and Whales, by Mr. Moorg, in ‘ Fauna,’ ii. p. 134.] 
PINNIPEDIA. 
Phoca grenlandica, Fabr. ii. 136. 
P. vitulina, Linn. 10th A. R. 
Halicherus grypus, Fabr. ii. 136. 
Cystophora cristata, Erxl. ii. 137. 
CETACEA. 
Megaptera longimana, Rud. ii. 139. 
Hyperoodon rostratus, Chem. ii. 140. 
Balenoptera musculus, Linn. 10th 
A. R. 
Phocena communis, F. Cuv. ii. 142. 
Orea gladiator, Lac. ii. 143. 
Lagenorhynchus albirostris, Gray. ii. 
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Delphinus delphis, Linn. ii. 147. 
Tursiops tursio, Fabr. ii. 148. 
CONCLUDING REMARKS. 
Although this is put forward as a final report of the present Com- 
mittee, they do not desire thereby to indicate that the work of exploring 
the zoology, botany, and geology of the Irish Sea is finished. Probably 
such an investigation can never be finished ; but the Committee feel that 
the occasion of the British Association meeting in Liverpool is one that 
they ought to take advantage of to present a report which is final, in the 
sense that it completes the present series of reports, and brings together 
and sums up the results of all previous marine biological work in the 
district (see figs. 1 and 2). 
For the future, they hope that the work will be carried on actively by 
the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee, the body of investigators by 
whom most of the work has been done in the past. The Port Erin 
Biological Station is equipped for such work, and the British Association 
can best render effective help by supporting the general investigations 
carried on at that station, or by giving grants for special researches. 
As may be seen from this and the preceding reports, the greater part 
of the work of the Committee has been zoological ; botany, however, has 
been represented by several investigators, and lists are given above of 
the marine algae, including diatoms. Professor Weiss, a member of the 
Committee, has commenced observations on the reproduction of diatoins, 
and has collected much material for an investigation of the coralline 
alge, upon both of which he will report to the Liverpool Biological 
Society during next session. 
oh ae to the geology of the sea-floor, Mr. Clement Reid considers 
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