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moderately deep. One or more are got in most hauls of the trawl at all 

 the Stations, except in Loch Fyne, where it is much less common. Xo 

 specimens have been caught at Stations XV. or XVII.; one was taken at 

 Station XVI. in over 60 fathoms. The largest obtained was 49 inches 

 (Station I., 30th May 1899). Lophius is sometimes obtained larger than 

 any of the Clyde specimens; in December 1841 Thompson examined one 

 that was four and a half feet in length.* 



Fam. Trachinid^;, Risso. 



Tracliinus viper u, Cuvier. The Lesser Weaver. 



Recorded from Arran by Dr. Landsborough in his Natural History 

 of Arran, p. 318. He states that the lesser weaver is known to the 

 people at Lamlash as the " Stangster " or " Stang-fish." 



Fam. ScoMBRiDiE, Cuvier. 



Scomber scombrus, Linne. The Mackerel. 



Shoals of mackerel are occasionally observed both in the Clyde 

 estuary and in Loch Fyne, and considerably over a thousand cwts. are 

 usually landed by fishermen each year. Dr. Day, though he gives a very 

 full description of the habits, habitats, etc., of the mackerel, makes no 

 allusion to its occurrence in the Clyde or Loch Fyne, neither is any 

 notice taken of its occurrence in these places in the Vertebrate Fauna of 

 Argyle and the Inner Hebrides. 



Orcynus thynnus, Linne. The Tunny. 



Pennant records a specimen weighing 460 lbs. taken at Inveraray in 

 1769. An example, 9 feet long, was captured in the Gareloch, nearly 

 opposite Greenock, in July 1831.1* This last specimen is said to have 

 been in pursuit of herrings, 



Thynnus pelamys, Linne. The Bonito. 



One was captured in the Clyde in July 1832,$ and purchased for 

 the Andersonian Institute of Glasgow. § Jenyns is doubtful if the fish 

 recorded by Dr. Scouler is the true Thynnus pelamys, but suggests that it 

 is more likely to be the Dext one. 



Pelamys sarda, Bloch. The Belted Bonito. 



One was captured in the Clyde ia 1859, and is now in the 

 Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. 



Fam. Coryph^nim (part), Swainson. 



Brama raii, Bloch. Ray's Bream. 



One specimen in the Hunterian Museum was taken near Ayr (H.B., 

 p. 188). 



Lampris luna, Gmelin. The Opah or King Fish. 



One was taken in the Clyde in 1833 (Scouler). A specimen of the 

 king-fish in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, was captured in the Clyde 

 in 1864. 



* Day, British Fishes Vol. L, p. 76. 



f Day, British Fishes, Vol. I., p. 97. 



X Scouler, Mag. Nat. History, Vol. VI., p. 529 (1833). 



§ Day, British Fishes, Vol. I., p. 101. 



