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in fairly deep water where the bottom is rocky and weedy. All 

 those over five inches had lost the transverse hars, which I there- 

 fore take to be a sign of immaturity. The Dalkey and Newcastle 

 fishes — Yarrell's Wicklow (Dublin), and Down records— though 

 possibly correct, rest on insufficient authority. Transfer More's 

 records to B. galerita. See under that species. 



Centronotus gunnellus. — As local names, it is called " nine-eyes 

 at Portrush ; " nanny nine-eyes " at Bray ; and, according to 

 Thompson, " clavin " and " flutterick " in the north ; " coddick " 

 at Carrickfergus (J. Doo) ; and " lamprey " at Roundstone {fide 

 M'AUa). 



\_Obs. — -Zoarces viviparus. — Templeton's record is insufficient ; 

 and we are, therefore, of opinion that this fish should be omitted 

 from the Irish list : and indeed it is one of those eastern species 

 which need hardly be expected on our shores. ] 



Cepola rubescens. — Dr. Farran's specimen was obtained at 

 Stradbally, county of Waterford. It is exceedingly doubtful 

 whether the report of its abundance in that locality is correct, 

 resting as it does on the unsupported testimony of fishermen alone. 

 (Often found in the stomach of turbot ; also taken oil Howth and 

 in Dublin Bay.— A. Gr. M.) 



Trachypterus arcticus. — Mr. William Darragh, of the Belfast 

 Museum, kindly writes me, under date Dec. 14, 1883, that the 

 Donegal example, when received, was in so advanced a state of 

 decomposition, as to be unfit for preservation. (See Zoologist, 1875, 

 p. 4343). 



Atherina presbyter. — Small examples — two to three inches long 

 — when split longitudinally into four pieces form an irresistible 

 bait for pollock, glassan, and all other fishes, which can be caught 

 by whiffing. 



\_Obs. — Mugil capita . — In addition to Dr. Harvey's statement in 

 the Fauna of Cork, Professor M'Ooy {Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. vi., 

 p. 403) records this species from Dublin Bay. Requires proof. 



Mugil clielo. — All the mullets — many scores — which I have 

 examined from the coast-line between Lough Poyle and Belfast 

 belonged to this form. Mr. More's experience of specimens from 

 the shores of Dublin, Cork, and Kerry is similar. 



Gasterosteus aculeatus. — I have examined numbers of these 

 little fishes from many northern localities, varying in elevation 



