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(Giinther). The shagreen ray is occasionally captured by the "Garland," 

 but is apparently not very common in the Clyde. 



Rata clavata, Linne. Thornback Ray or Thorny. 



" One adult female was obtained in 26 fathoms in Kilbrennan Sound, 

 and an immature male 17 inches wide in 24 fathoms between San da 

 Island and Ailsa Craig. The contents of the stomach of the latter 

 specimen consisted of small fish and crustaceans " (Gunther). The Thorny 

 is one of the more common of the fishes captured in the Clyde by the 

 Fishery steamer " Garland," but the specimens are mostly of small size, 

 and very few of them extend beyond 25 or 30 inches across the disk. 



Rata maculata, Montagu. The Spotted Ray, or Homelyn Ray. 



"An immature female was captured between Cumbrae and Wemyss 

 Point in 30 to 40 fathoms. Another from the Sound of Sanda from 20 

 fathoms. One or two very young specimens from 2J- to 4J inches across 

 the disk were obtained off Ardrossan and off Whiting Bay " (Gunther). 

 The spotted ray is occasionally captured by the " Garland," but the 

 specimens are usually of small size. One measuring 18 inches across the 

 disk was taken in the vicinity of Ailsa Craig on April 27th, and one 10 

 inches across the disk at Station VI. on May 25th, 1897. A small 

 specimen a little over 7 inches across the disk is in the collection of fishes 

 in the Laboratory at Bay of Nigg. 



Rata circularis, Couch. The Cuckoo Ray, Sandy Ray. 



" An adult male, 14 inches across the disk, and a very young female, 

 3-| inches broad, were obtained in the Sound of Sanda at a depth of 20 

 fathoms on March 10th; another adult male, also from the Sound of 

 Sanda, was obtained at 49 fathoms on March 17th, 1888" (Gunther). 

 The cuckoo ray has been taken by the " Garland " in Whiting Bay, in 

 the vicinity of Sanda Island, in the vicinity of Ailsa Craig, and in 

 various parts of Upper Loch Fyne. It does not appear to be a very rare 

 fish in the Clyde area. 



SUB-CLASS CYCLOSTOMATA. 



Fam. Mtxinid^e. 



Myxine glutinosa, Linne. The Hag-fish. 



The hag-fish has been taken at Rothesay in the Clyde area. It is 

 said to be numerous and most destructive to the line fishes off Girvan 

 (H.B., p. 225). I do not remember having seen Myxine in the Clyde. 



SUB-CLASS LEPTOCARDII 



Fam. Cirrhostomi. 



Branchiosioma lanceolata, Pallas. The Lancelet. 



"Amphioxus" is "taken plentifully in suitable ground in the 

 Clyde area" (H.B., p. 225). Mr. Gray, of the Millport Marine Station, 

 states, in a letter to me, that "over a dozen specimens of this little fish 

 were taken on a bank between Little Cumbrae and Hunterston, locally 

 known as the Dogger Bank." Dr. James Bryee, in his Geology of 

 Arran and Clydesdale (1865), p. 250, remarks that the Amphioxus 

 has been dredged at the north end of Holy Island, and has been obtained 

 in Lamlash Bay, as well as near Millport. Dr. Landsborough also 

 speaks of having found it when dredging near Cumbrae. 



