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1835, Dr. J. D. Marshall, being attracted by the peculiar colour of 

 a Gurnard in Belfast Market, kindly communicated the circumstance 

 to me, and on inspection of the fish, I found it to be the Trigla 

 lineata, and learned that it had been taken in Strangford Lough. Its 

 length is 16^ inches. On the 3rd of March I procured another spe- 

 cimen, but of smaller dimensions, from the same locality. 



Long-spined Cottus, Cottus Buhalis, Euphr. This appears to be 

 more common on the Irish coast than Cott. Scorpius, Linn. I have 

 taken it off Down, and in Galvvay Bay, and have seen a specimen of 

 Mr. Ball's from the harbour of Cork. Of eleven specimens of Cott. 

 Buhalis and Cott. Scorpius examined by me, which were obtained in 

 the north-east, the west, and the south of Ireland, and preserved 

 without any regard to species, eight were of the former, and three 

 of the latter. 



One specimen of Cott. Buhalis, taken in Belfast Bay, and preserved 

 in the Museum of that town, is 7 inches in length. ^ 



Pogge, Aspidophorus Europceus, Cuv. & Val., {^Cottus Cataphrac- 

 ius, Linn.). Specimens of this fish, from the coast of Down, have 

 been sent to me by Captain Fayrer, R.N. ; and in Mr. Ball's collection 

 is one from the coast of Cork. 



Bonito, Scomber Pelamys, Linn. Of this species, rarely captured 

 in the British seas, one taken on the coast of Wexford, some years 

 since, was sent in a fresh state to the Royal Dublin Society, and is 

 preserved in their Museum : its length is 29 inches. 



Atherine, Atherina Presbyter, Cuv. This is taken "plentifully on 

 the «oasi of Down, especially in Strangford Lough. Of about forty 

 specimens from this locality, which I examined in January last, the 

 average length was 6-V inches : a few were 7, and one was 7-j- inches 

 long. Mr. Ball informs me that the Atherine is not unfrequently 

 taken along with Sprats at Youghal, and that on the 14th of Sep- 

 tember last he saw a shoal of them at Portmarnock, county Dublin, 

 where a stream had formed a pool in the sand below high-water 

 mark. 



Smooth Blenny, Blennius Pholis, Linn. This is more commonly 

 to be met with than any other species offish in tlie rocky pools on the 

 north-east coast of Ireland : specimens have been sent to me from 

 the south by Mr. Ball; and in Galway Bay, on the western coast, I 

 captured a few individuals in June, 1834. 



Wolf Fish, Anarrhichas Lupus,Jjmn., is occasionally taken on the 

 eastern coast of Ireland. The Museum of the Royal Dublin Society 

 contains a native specimen. 



Black Goby, Gobius niger, Linn. ? Of the black Goby, as gene- 

 rally recognised by British authors, a specimen taken at Youghal 

 has been submitted to me by Mr. Ball. In a paper read before the 

 Linnean Society last year, I show-ed that the Gob. niger of Pennant, 

 and the fish to which Donovan applies the same name, are two di- 



