of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 276 



7 



hauls contained 1 



Eed 



Gurnard 



each 



= 7. 



3 



2 



Eed 



Gurnards 



each 



= 6. 



3 



3 





jj 



)> 



- 9. 



3 



4 





>) 



jj 



= 12. 



1 



5 





>) 



?j 



= 5. 



1 



7 





)j 



j» 



= 7. 



2 



8 





>> 



jj 



= 16. 



1 



11 





)> 



j> 



= 11. 



21 73 



Fifteen specimens of Red Gurnards were obtained in one haul at 

 Station VIII. in December 1898, but such a large number in one haul is 

 exceptional. They are also recorded by Landsborough in his Natural 

 History of Arran, p. 492. 



Trigla lucerna, Linne. The Sapphirine Gurnard. 



This, which is the Trigla hirundo of Day's British Fishes, appears 

 also to be moderately rare in the Clyde. Thompson remarks that he has 

 seen this species in autumn captured in salmon nets at Ballantrae, in 

 Ayrshire, and on different parts of the coast in the country (Day).* I do 

 not find it recorded amongst the captures of Clyde fishes made by the 

 Fishery steamer "Garland." 



Trigla gurnardus, Linne. The Grey Gurnard. 



Common, and generally distributed throughout the seaward part of 

 the Clyde and in Loch Fyne, especially during the summer months, This 

 seems to be a common species throughout the Scottish seas. Large 

 quantities of gurnards are sometimes landed at the fish market at Aber- 

 deen, and they nearly all belong to this species. 



Triglops murrayi, Giinther. Murray's Triglops. 



" Several specimens from 2J to 4 inches long were obtained at the 

 Mull of Cantyre at a depth of 64 fathoms in the months of February and 

 March, and 4 miles south-east of the Island of Sanda in 35 fathoms in the 

 middle of March 1887" (Giinther). One specimen 2J inches long was 

 captured in the shrimp-trawl of the "Garland," in the vicinity of Sanda, 

 November 1896. Triglops murrayi is described as closely allied to 

 Trigla pengellii ; it is one of the species added to the British fauna by Dr. 

 (now Sir) John Murray. 



Fam. Cataphracti, Mliller. 



Agonus cataphractus, Linne. The Pogge. 



Ardrishaig (Dr. Scouler). Occasionally in other parts of Loch Fyne 

 and the Clyde estuary. " Five specimens from the Mull of Cantyre, 49 to 

 50 fathoms, February. Two specimens from Kilbrennan Sound, 10 to 20 

 fathoms, March 1888 " (Giinther). It has also been got by the " Garland" 

 at Stations I. and VI. 



Fam. PedIculati, Cuvier. 

 Lophius piscatorius, Linne. The Angler. 



The Angler is frequently taken in the trawl-net of the Fishery 

 steamer "Garland," and especially at those stations where the water is 



* British Fishes, Vol. I., p. 62. 



