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Larusfuscns, Linn. Inhabiting the European and American seas, 



Larus ridibundus, Linn. Inhabiting the whole of Europe, India, 

 and North America. 



The Fishes forwarded by Mr. Keith Abbott are all from the salt 

 water. They include twenty species. Respecting them he writes : 

 " Had I received your letter sooner I might have collected a great 

 many more fishes, but the season was gone by. There is no fish- 

 market in this place, and the people are by no means expert in the 

 art of catching them. The only kind of fish caught in any quantity 

 just now is the Anchovy, of which there are two specimens in the 

 jar of spirits : these are taken in astonishing quantities. The Her- 

 ring, Mackarel, and Mullet (rerfand grey), are very abundant in this 

 sea ; as likewise the Turbot, of which I send a specimen. Salmon 

 and Sturgeon are likewise occasionally caught here." 



In bringing these Fishes under the notice of the Societ}% Mr. Ben- 

 nett remarked that there were among them several which required 

 a more careful comparison with Mediterranean species than he had 

 been, at present, enabled to give to them ; but that the following ap- 

 peared to him to be distinct from any which had hitherto been de- 

 scribed. ^ 



Trigla pauciradiata. Trigla pinnd priore dorsali sex-radiatd ; 

 sulco dorsali fortiter arniato : pinnis pectoralibus magnis, interne 

 coeruleis,fasciis undulatis apicem versus maculdque infra medium 

 saturatioribus, hdc albo guttulatd. , 



D. 6, 16. A. 15. 



Long. tot. 10+ unc; capitis, 2-^; capitis alt. 1-^; craniilat. 1. 



Caput leniter declive : ossa suborbitalia antice vix prominentia, 

 dentibus tuberculisve parvis 4 — 5 munita. 



Dentex eivulatus. Dent, ovali-oblongus ; capite leniter proclivi ; 

 oculo majusculo : suprH aureus, maculis prasertim ad lineam latera- 

 lem nigrescentibus , vittis laterum argenteis flexuosis hinc et hinc 

 cancellatis. 

 D. 11 + 11. A. 3-1-9. P.15. 

 Long. tot. 64- unc. ; alt. max. 1-J-. 



A Dent, tnacrophthalmo^ Cuv. et Val., difFerre videtur corpora 

 magis elongato, capite vix tumido, oculo minore, pinna pectorali in 

 medio magis elongato subrotundato, caudali magis bifurca ; necnon 

 coloribus picturaque, qua Scolopsidem cancellatum, Benn., quodam- 

 modo simulat. Maxillae inferioris, seque ac superioris, dentes antici 

 quatuor majores. 



GoBius soRDiDus. Gob. pinnd dorsali secundd priore altiore ; 

 caudali pectoralique rotundatis : corpore vario ; pinnis maculatis, 

 "^ anali ventralibusque nigro {Hid late) marginatis. 

 D. 6, 1 + 17. C. 13. A. 13. P. 17. 



Crenilabrus FRiENATus. Crcn. ovatus, guttatus punctatusque, 

 fasciis quatuor nigrescentibus maxillam inferiorem cingentibus : 

 pinnd caudali rotundatd. 



D. 14+10. A. 3 + 9. 



