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NOTES ON INTEKESTING FISHES, &c., SENT TO THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. By Thomas Scott. 



An Extra Large ' Squid.' 



Ommatostrephes todarus, 



Ommastrephes todarus, 



Loligo sagittata, 



D'Orbigny., 



Forbes and Hanley. 



Gosse. 



Alder. 



Fleming. 



This specimen, which was captured by hand in shallow water, a mile or 

 so to the west of Granton, is of unusual size, as the following measure- 

 ments show. 



Length, from posterior end of body to tip of 



longest arms, . . . .4 feet 1 inch. 



Length from posterior end of body to edge of 



mantle, . . . . . 21 J inches. 



Length of head from edge of mantle, 



Length of tentacles, 



Length of arms, 



Breadth of body, 



Breadth from tip to tip of fins, 



Length of fin, 



Length of shell (or 'bone'), . 



Breadth of shell (or 'bone'), . 



Diameter of large sucker, 



4^ 

 23 

 16 



5| 



20f 



i 



The usual size of this species is very much less, being as a rule about 

 12 to 15 inches long, exclusive of the tentacles, with a breadth of 3 or 3 J. 



Its distribution is European, and it has been recorded from several 

 localities on the Scottish coasts. 



0. todarus, D'Orbigny, differs from 0. sagittatus, Lam., in the shell 

 having a rib along the middle and one along each edge, instead of two to 

 four ribs on each side of the mid rib, as in the last. 



The suckers are also each ' encircled by a horny denticulated ring,' 

 which does not seem to be the case with those of 0. sagittatus. 



