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Mil. G. STM OK THE OCCUREEKCE ETC. OE 
Occurrence of Lumpenus l amp etr if or mis on the North Coast of 
Scotland; with Notes on its Habits, Food, and the Ground 
it frequents. By George Sim. (Communicated by Dr. 
Frakcis Day, F.L.S.) 
[Read 17tli June, 1886.] 
Ltjmpentjs pampetbitopmis , the subject of the following re- 
marks, is a northern form of the tribe Blenniidae. It was described 
by Collett, a naturalist who accompanied the Norwegian North- 
Atlantic Expedition, 1876-78. According to this writer, Lum- 
penus appears to be a rather common fish in most localities 
along the Norwegian coast. As to its geographical distribution, 
I cannot do better than quote from a paper on the species 
under notice by Dr. E. Day. He says : — “ Up to the present 
time (June 1884) this species has been recorded from the coast 
of Greenland and Iceland. It is common oil' Spitzbergen and 
on the shores of North-western Europe as far south as the 
Cattegat. In the north its range extends certainly as high as 
80°. ” Collett says, “ The southern limit of its range is probably 
Bohuslan, in Sweden, one or two individuals having been obtained 
off Gothenburg, 58° N.” This latter writer’s remarks on the 
species are of a general description ; and nothing is said as to 
the nature of the ground Lumpenus frequents, the other living 
organisms that accompany it in its haunts, nor does he say a word 
as to the food of this interesting species. To these points the 
following notes more particularly refer. 
The discovery of this species as British is of very recent date, 
the first example having been brought to light by Prof. M c Intosh 
of St. Andrews in May 1884. This one he obtained fifteen miles 
off St. Abbs Head, while engaged in a series of observations on 
trawling, undertaken at the instance of the Scottish Fishery 
Board. Prof. M c Intosh sent the specimen for examination to 
Dr. Day, who has described and given an excellent figure of it in 
the 1 Proceedings ’ of the Zoological Society of London. 
The second specimen found in Britain I obtained on an Aberdeen 
trawl-vessel on April 14th, 18S5 ; and being quite unknown to 
me, and not having at that time seen Dr. Day’s description of 
Frof. MUntosh’s specimen, I made a sketch of the one now 
