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Gasterosteus spinachia, Linné.—Frequent in the in-shore water amongst 
sea-weed and zostera; East Loch Tarbert and other places (B. & §.). 
Upper Loch Fyne, not uncommon among the contents of the shrimp- 
trawl (G.). 
Labrus maculatus, Blainville. neg uenh in Loch Fyne in the autumn 
(B. & 8.). 
Labrus miatus, Frees and Eks.—Occasionally in Loch Fyne, at the 
mouth of East Loch Tarbert (B..& 8.). 
Ctenolabrus rupestris, Linné.—Common, especially near Skate Island, 
Loch Fyne (B. & S.). 
Centrolabrus exoletus, Linné.—Taken occasionally in Loch Fyne 
(B. & S.). 
Gadus morhua, Linne.—Not very abundant in Loch Fyne (B. & 8.). 
Upper Loch Fyne, east side, in 10 to 20 fathoms (M.). In Loch Garr, 
off Ardno, Kinglass Spit, and off Carndow (G.). 
Gadus ceglefinus, Linné.—Not abundant in Loch Fyne (B. & §.). 
Upper Loch Fyne, in the centre, in 65 to 70 fathoms (M.). Between 
Penmore and Inveraray (G.). 
Gadus luscus, Linné. —Occasionally in Tarbert Harbour (B. & S8.). 
Tarbert Bank, Lower Loch Fyne; and between Dunderave and Carndow, 
Upper Loch Fyne (G:). 
Gadus minutus, Linné.—Frequent in Tarbert Harbour (B. & S.). 
Upper Loch Fyne, in the centre, near the head (M.). Off Lowburn, 
Upper Loch Fyne (G.). Tarbert, Loch Fyne (Dr Scouler). 
Gadus merlangus, Linné.—Not abundant in Loch Fyne (B. & 8). 
Upper Loch Fyne, in the centre (M.). ‘Two nearly ripe males were taken 
in the trawl-net in May 1896 (G.). 
Gadus virens, Linné.—Abundant, but mostly immature ; these imma- 
ture forms—termed ‘podlies’—frequent the shallow in-shore water, 
especially in the neighbourhood of wharfs or piers. 
Gadus pollachius, Linné.—This species is also of more or less frequent 
occurrence, but is usually of small size; large specimens are, however, 
occasionally brought to Kast Tarbert. 
Molva vulgaris, Fleming.—Frequently brought into Tarbert by the 
fishermen (B. & S.). A ripe male, 38 inches in length, was taken by 
trawl-net near the head of Loch Fyne in May 1896 (G.). 
Merluccius vulgaris, Cuvier. — Upper Loch Fyne, in the centre, in 34 
to 36 fathoms (M.). In the vicinity of Furnace, and between Dunderave 
and Carndow, taken with the beam-trawl (G.). 
Motella mustela, Linné.—Taken between tide-marks in East Loch 
Tarbert, not common (B. & S.). 
Raniceps trifurcatus, Yarrell—Loch Fyne (Dr Scouler, in Trans. of 
Nat. Hist. Soc. of Glasgow, vol. i., p. 8). 
