Ii6 FISHES. 



Div. ACANTHOPTERYGII T^NIIFORMES. 



Fam. TRACHYPTERID^. 



121. Trachypterus arcticus (Briinn.). Deal-fish. Vaag- 



maer. 



122. Regalecus banksii {C. 6^ V.). Ribbon-fish. Banks' 



Oar-fish. 



An abyssal form, rarely cast ashore on the Yorkshire 

 coast. To the five known Yorkshire instances, we are 

 enabled, through the instrumentality of Mr. Thomas 

 Stephenson, to add two which have hitherto remained 

 unrecorded. 



Whitby, one, iij feet long, Jan. 22, 1759 (Giinther, Cat. 

 Fishes, iii. 310). This appears to be the first recorded 

 British specimen. 



Filey, one, 13 feet long, March 18, 1796 (Giinther, ^</^ Banks, 

 loc. cit). 



Yorkshire, 1845 (?), one, 24(?) feet long (Giinther, loc. cit). 



Redcar, one, 12 feet long, 1850 (Gray, P.Z.S., 1850, 

 P- 52). 



Whitby, one, 10 feet long, cast on the West sands, April 23, 

 1866 j now in the Whitby Museum (Stephenson, MS.). 



Whitby, one, 1 1 feet long, cast up on the beach east of the 

 town, Oct. 2nd, 1870 j now in the Whitby Museum 

 (Stephenson, MS.). 



Staithes, one, 16 feet long, end of January, 1880 (C. W. 

 Elliott, Field, Feb. 7, 1880; E. W. H. Holdsworth, Field, 

 Feb. 21, 1880). This example was left among the rocks 

 by a retiring tide, and in its struggles to escape broke itself 

 into three parts. 



123. Regalecus grillii iLi?tdr.). Slld-Kung. 



