Faruan — Seventh Report on the Fishes of the Irish Atlaritic Sloj^e. 133 



The averages for c are taken from scales which gave the foUovs'ing 

 individual results :— 



3 scales above 1.1. ... 212 | 284 | 326 | 354 | 375 



275 I 321 I 355 | 375 



288 I 324 I 360 | 375 



2 scales from I.l. ... 284 | 320 j 356 | 375 



207 : 275 | 315 | 355 | 375 



5 scales below 1.1. ... 188 : 272 | 319 j 356 | 375 



294 I 322 I 362 | 375 



206 : 288 | 330 | 365 | 375 



268 I 315 I 355 j 375 



290 I 329 I 355 | 375 



There are indications here of an innermost ring wliich is only represented 

 on a few scales. 



The scales of d are difficult to read. 'J'hirteen scales from the body gave 

 the foUowinof results : — 



6 scales above 1.1. 







204 



256 1 300 

 252 1 300 







147 



1 200 



260 1 300 







138 



1 228 



[ 300 







171 



1 212 



266 1 300 







182 



1 237 



300 



2 scales on 1.1 



... 





210 



255 1 300 

 250 1 300 



5 scales below 1.1. 



198 

 196 











200 



? 



• outer 



markings il 





225 



? 









223 



? 







The lines here ai'e confusing, but there seems to be evidence for a ring at 

 203 and another at 256, with possibly a third ring inside them. 



Coelorhynchus lahiatus (PI, VII, fig. 6). 



In the largest specimen examined, length 46 + z cms. = 49 cms., thirteen 

 out of fourteen scales taken at random from the body were regenerated and 

 gave no results, both bands and striae being absent from the central part of the 

 scale; the outer part where the striae were regular showed also regular banding 

 and a few ill-defined rings. A perfect scale showed rings distant from the 

 centre in the proportion 136 | 236 | 295 | 342 | 384 | 413 | 442 | 460 | 490, 

 and another scale on which the outer rings were not clearly marked had inner 

 rings at distances of 135 | 280 | 316 | . . . . 490. The light bands were 

 seventeen, clearly marked, with obscure central bands estimated as five. On 

 the outer part of the scale the spaces between the rings corresponded to one 

 or two bands; in the inner part their relations could not be made out. 



