368 catalogue of fishes. 



Fam. SCOMBRESOCIDjE. Gae-pibh Family. 



Belone belone (Linn.). Garfish. 



Belone vulgaris, Yarr., "Brit. Pish., Vol. 1, p. 442. 



,, „ Couch, Brit. Pish., Vol. 4, p. 146, pi. 209. 



A few specimens are annually taken during the Herring sea- 

 son. — Dr. G. Johnston. Taken in the autumn by men and boys 

 fishing with rod and line from the rocks in Frenchman's Bay, 

 on the Burham coast. — R. BZowse. 



This fish is known as the "King of the Herrings" by our 

 amateur sea-fishers, by whom it is often caught in the Herring 

 season with rod and line from rocks at low- water. "■ Green- 

 bone" is another name, which it is well to know, as all the 

 bones are of a green colour in the cooked fish, suggesting to the 

 uninitiated the idea of poison. M. 



Scomberesox saurus (Willughby), Cuv. Saf/ky or Sklppek. 



Scomleresox saurus, Yarr., Brit. Fish., Vol. 1, p. 446. 



„ „ Couch, Brit.Fish., Vol.4,p.l41, pi. 208,f.3. 



Rare. — Dr. G. Johnston. This record of Br. Johnston's is the 

 only notice I can find of the existence of this fish on our coasts. 

 But as it occurs in the Forth, and also in Yorkshire, it has pro- 

 bably been overlooked in our district. M. 



Fam. ESOCIDiE. Pike Family. 



Esox lucius, Linn. Pike. 



Esox lucius, Yarr., Brit. Fish., Vol. 1, p. 434. 

 ,, ,, Couch, Brit. Fish., Vol. 4, p. 150, pi. 210. 



In the Tweed. — Dr. G. Johnston. In the Tyne and some of 

 its branches ; in the "Wansbeck and Sweethope Lake ; but whether 

 recently introduced or naturally distributed in all the localities 

 where it is now found it is impossible to ascertain. With some 

 of the other large freshwater fishes it was many centuries ago 

 introduced into England. C. 



