APPENDIX F.—PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF FORFAR. 243 
Of the Order Vanies, the sea and rivers afford the following : 
Tetrodon truncatus; the 
long sun-fish: 
eae on 
our c 
- mola ; <i short 
sun-fish: on the 
coast, but rare 
Syngnathus ophidion ; the 
little e pipe-fish 
3 acus; the — 
pipe- -fish : 
the a bait 
; 7 
Cyclopterus beusngis + : ‘the 
lump-fish 
rf liparis ; the 
unctuous 
ucker 
Lophius piscatorius ; 
toad ore or fishing frog, 
or se il 
Siuahis caniientla’ the 
: greater dog-fish 
 ° catdias: the lesser 
ditto 
»  galeus; the tope 
» Vulpes; the sea ioe 
sesathin - the 
piked dog-fish 
Raia batis; the skate 
;. clavata ; thornback 
Raia oxythinchus; sharp- 
nosed ra 
Petromyzon marinus; the 
lamprey: in 
the sea, and 
sometimes in 
rivers 
¥ branchialis ; the 
pride: in 
clear water. 
of them, and 
many a 
strange story 
was told of 
them. They 
are called 
Nine-eyed eels 
I now proceed to give a sketch of the Zchthyology of Angusshire. 
Of the Afodal order, we find: 
Mureena anguilla; the 
eel 
»  conger; conger eel; 
seemed to b 
much better 
known some 
years ago than 
at present: the 
name seems 
familiar even to 
the common 
pee = gat call 
arichas fpe he sea- 
wolf: ie aE called 
a 
Aamir tobianus ; the 
sand-eel 
