354 CATALOGUE OP FISHES. 



Gasterosteus pungitius, Linn. Ten-spined Stickleback. 



Gasterosteus pungitius, Yarr., Brit. Fish., Vol. 1, p. 99. 



„ ,, Couch, Br. Fish., Yol. 1, p. 176, pi. 37, 



f.2. 



The only record I can find of the existence of the " Tinker" 



or Ten-spined Stickleback in our district is in the list of fishes 



given in Sir Cuthbert Sharpe's History of Hartlepool. Local 



specimens of this species are much desired for the Museum, and 



there is no locality in the district in which it is more likely to 



be found than in the numerous "stells" and small streams in 



the south-east of Durham. R. 



Gasterosteus spinachia,Linn. Fipteen-spined Stickleback* 



Gasterosteus spinachia, Linn. Yarr., Brit. Fish., Yol. 1, p. 101. 

 „ „ „ Couch, Brit. Fish., Yol. 1, p. 180, 



pi. 38. 



Of not uncommon occurrence at the mouth of the Tweed and 



in Berwick Bay. — Br. G. Johnston. In 1849 and-50 I found 



numerous specimens of this fish watching their nests, constructed 



of sea-weeds fastened together, in the higher and larger pools 



on the coast near Tynemouth. R. 



Div. TdlNIIFORMES. 



Fam. TRACHYPTERIDjE. Ribbon Fishes. 



Trachypterus arcticus (Briinnich). Deal-Fish* 



Vaagmar, Yarr., Brit. Fish., Yol. 1, p. 210. 



Trachypterus arcticus, Couch, Brit. Fish., Yol. 2, p. 246, pi. 118. 



Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, June, 1844. This fine specimen is 

 preserved in the Museum of the Nat. Hist. Society. A specimen 

 washed on shore at Spittal was exhibited in Berwick-upon- 

 Tweed.— G. Bolam, Berwick Trans., Yol. VIII. S. 



Regalecus Banksii, Cuv. et Yal. Banks' Oar-Fish.* 



Gymnetrus Banhsii, Hanc etEmbleton, Trans. TynesideF. C, 



Vol.l,p.288,pls.l,2. 

 Regalecus ,, Couch, Brit. Fish., Yol. 2., p.251, pi. 119. 



The first example on record of this fish in England is said to 

 have been obtained at Whitby, in January, 1759. Another 



