io6 FISHES. 



Div. ACANTHOPTERYGII SCI^NIFORMES. 



Fam. SCIiENID^. 



49- Sciaena aquila {Lacep.). Maigre. 



Accidental visitant from the Mediterranean Sea, of extremely 

 rare occurrence. 



Redcar, a fine specimen, measuring five feet one inch in 

 length, was found on the coast between Redcar and the 

 Tees mouth, Dec. 24th, 1849 (Rudd, Zool., 1850, p. 2709). 



Flamborough (about seven miles off), one taken Aug. 25, 1873 

 (Boynton, MS.). 



50. Umbrina cirrhosa (Z.). Umbrina. 



Div. ACANTHOPTERTGII XIPHIIFORMES. 



Fam. XIPHIID^. 



51. Xiphias gladius L. Swordfish. 



Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Filey, one, Sept., 1808, eleven feet long, twenty-three stones 



weight (Murray, 1832). 

 Coatham, Redcar, one stranded in the winter, about 1874 



(Nelson, MS.). 



Ulrome : formerly caught in the stake-nets here (Boynton, 



MS.). 



Bridlington Quay, occasionally (Boynton, MS.). 



Believed to have occurred also at Whitby and Scarborough 

 (Meynell, 1844). 



Div. ACANTHOPTERYGII TRICHIURIFORMES. 



Fam. TRICHIURIDJE. 



52. Lepidopus caudatus {Euphr.), Scabbard Fish. 



53. Trichlurus lepturus L. Hairtail. 



