Hoi.T — Survey of Fishing Grounds. 219 



Deep-sea Fishes.^ 



Pristiurus nlelanostoma (Eaf.). 154 and 250 fathoms, Coast of 

 Mayo. 

 *ScyUium canicula (Cuv.). 154 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 

 *Galeus vuignris (Flem.). 154 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 

 *Acanthias vulgaris (Risso.). 154 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 

 CentropJiorus squamoms (Grm. Linn.). 275 fathoms. Coast of 

 Mayo. Neio to the British Fauna. 

 *Raia baits (Linn.). 154 fathoms. Coast of Mayo. 

 *Eaia oxyrhynchMs (Linn.). 500 to 375 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 



New to the Irish Fauna.^ 

 *Raia fuUonica (Linn.). 154 fathoms. Coast of Mayo. 

 *Raia circularis (Couch). 115 fathoms, Coast of Kerry. 154 

 fathoms. Coast of Mayo. 

 Scorjjcena dactyloptera (De la Roche). 220 fathoms, Coast of 

 Kerry. 154 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 

 *Trigla lyra (Linn.). 115 fathoms. Coast of Kerry. 

 *Lophius piscatorius (Linn.). 115 fathoms. Coast of Kerry. 

 *Gadus ceglefi)ius (Linn.). 154 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 

 Gadus Esmarlcii (Nilss.). Fairly common at about 30 to 40 

 fathoms, Coasts of Galway, Clare, and Kerry, 

 *Merluccius vulgaris (Cuv.). 115 and 220 fathoms, Coast of Kerry. 

 1 54 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 



Phycis hlennioides (Briinn,). 154 and 500 to 375 fathoms, Coast 

 of Mayo. 

 *Molva vulgaris (Flem.). 154 fathoms. Coast of Mayo. 

 Brosmius brosme (Miill.). 250 fathoms, Coast of Mayo. 



1 The fish marked with an asterisk were also taken at depths of less than 100 

 fathoms. 



2 There is a doubtful record of this species from Belfast Lough, under the name of 

 i?. mucronata. (Birds, Fishes, and Cetacea of Belfast Lough. E. Lloyd Patterson : 

 London, 1881, p. 228.) The R. oxyrhynchus referred to on the same page appears from 

 the context to be the E. oxyrhynchus of Montagu and Thompson, considered by Day 

 to be a synonym of It. alba (Lacep). 



SCIEN. PKOC. R.D.S. VOL. VII. PAKT HI. T 



