178 THE MARINE AND FRESH-WATER FISHES. 
Coregonus levaretes (Zin.).—Powan or Fresh-water Herring. Very ©¢. 
L. Eck ; exceedingly c. L. Lomond, attaining over 3 lbs. weight. 
Thymallus vulgaris, Vls.—Greyling ; c. in upper reaches of Clyde, intro- 
duced many years ago ; frequents also Rivers Ayr, Lugar (H. A. Wood- 
burn) ; Gryffe, and Greenburn (J. M. B. Taylor). 
Argentina sphyraena, Zin—Hebridean Smelt. Not unc. esp. in deep 
water (G., F.S. G.). 
Fam. Esocidae. 
Esox lucius, Zin.—Pike ; c. most lakes, ponds, canals, and sluggish streams. 
Fam. Scombresocidae. 
Rhamphistoma belone (Zin.).—Garpike. One 28 in. long, off Dunoon, 25/5/77 
(Dr. R. P. Fleming) ; occasionally in shoals (H. B., p. 212). 
*Scombresox saurus ( Walb.).—Saury Pike. Clyde (7. B., p. 212). 
Fam. Cyprinidae. 
Cyprinus carpio, Zin.—Carp. Various ponds doubtless introduced. 
C. auratus, Lin.—Goldfish. Semi-domesticated ; waste ponds nr. Paisley 
and elsewhere in that district, where it breeds freely. 
Leuciscus rutilus (Zin.).—Roach or Braise; c. gregarious ; low-lying lakes 
and ponds ; some streams, e.g. Clyde (above Glasgow), Kelvin, Endrick, 
Leven, and their tributaries ; and in ail canals. 
Phoxinus aphya (Lin.).—Minnow.—Very c. and gregarious in most clear 
streams and lakes in Lanark, Renfrew, Ayr, and Dumbarton; gen. 
absent from Argyllshire avd Arran, except where introduced. 
Tinca vulgaris, Flem—Tench. Scarce and local. L. Lomond and R. End- 
rick; probably nowhere else. 
Cobitis barbatula, Zin—Loach or Beardie. Shallows of streams and lakes 
throughout district ; fairly c. 
Fam. Clupeidae. 
Clupea harengus, Z.—Herring. Abund., F. of Clyde; L. Fyne. 
C. sprattus, Zin.—Sprat. Not unc. in Clyde; frequently mistaken for 
young herrings, so their numbers and distribution are somewhat un- 
certain. 
C. alosa, Zin.—Allis Shad. Large nee in L. Fyne 1888, (Z. B., p. 221). 
A fine specimen in seine-net off’ Ross, winter 1894 (Gray). 
Fam. Muraenidae. | 
Anguilla vulgaris, Zeach.—Eel. Very c., all lakes, ponds, - canals and 
streams; occasionally in “Shrimp-trawl,” inshore L. Fyne, (F. 8. G.). 
A. latirostris, Risso.—Yellow broad-nosed Eel. Is now generally considered 
a form of the Common Eel. Both are about equally abund. 
Conger niger (Aisso).—Conger. Occasionally in trawl-net in various parts of 
the Clyde (F. S. G.) ; Lunderston B. bet. tide-mark. 
ORDER LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Fam. Syngnathidae. 
Syngnathus typhle, Zin.—Broad-nosed Pipe-fish. E. L. Tarbert (B. &8.); r. 
S. acus, Lin.—Great Pipe-fish. Not unc. in Clyde and L. Fyne. 
Nerophis aequoreus (Zin.).—Straight-nosed Pipe-fish. E. L. Tarbert, 
(B. & S.); Cumbrae (R.) ; r. 
N. lumbriciformis, ( W722.) Worm Pipe-fish. E. L. Tarbert (B. &8.); Lun- 
derston B. (S.); Campbeltown L. (F. 8S. G.). 
Hippocampus antiquorum, Zeach.—Sea-horse. Kilbrannan Sd.; Feirlie 
Sands, (Gray, v. S. 6., p. 289). 
