STEPHENSON: FISHES CAPTURED NEAR WHITBY. 
It had no stomach or bag, but simply one large gut or tube 
about 18 feet in length, which contained nothing but a brown, 
slimy mucus. 
The liver I did not see, but am informed it consisted of two 
large lobes or flaps, weighing about 28 lbs., and were of a chrome 
yellow colour. 
The weight of the fish has not been ascertained, but (from the 
weight of the frame, flesh, etc., taken from it when being skinned 
for preservation, exclusive of the liver, gut, and skin) is 
estimated to have been at least 5 cwt. I regret to add that the 
lads slashed and hacked the fish in such a manner that it is 
doubtful whether it can be preserved. 
From the description given by Varrell a doubt exists in my 
mind as to whether this is the Oblong Sunfish (Orthagoriscus 
truncatus) or a very large specimen of the Short Sunfish (0. mola). 
The caudal fin of this example differs much from that of the 
O. mola captured here on the 22nd September, 1887, now in our 
Naturalist, 
