Fishes. 3951 



Unctuous Sucker, Liparis vulgaris. Common. 

 Montagu's Sucker, Liparis Montagui. A specimen, upwards of 3 

 inches in length, was obtained by Mr. J. Syme in 1850-51. 



Anarrhichadidae. 



Viviparous Blenny, Zoarces viviparus. Very common. 

 Wolf Fish, Anarrhichas Lupus. Not unfrequent. 



Gymnetrida. 



Deal Fish, Trachypterus Bogmarus. First added to the British 

 Fauna by Dr Duguid, from a mutilated fish cast ashore in Sandey. 

 Upwards of twenty specimens are known to have occurred at different 

 times : one recently caught was lately exhibited at the Zoological 

 Society by Mr. Yarrell. 



Zeid<B. 



Opah or King Fish, Larnpris guttatus. Upwards of a dozen spe- 

 cimens have been procured at different times. One, nearly 6 feet in 

 length, was captured in Sandey by the late William Strang, Esq. 



CerttronotidcB. 

 Horse Mackerel, Caranx trachurus. Tolerably common. 



Scomber idee. 

 Mackerel, Scomber Scomber. Abundant during the herring-season. 



Gasterosteidce. 



Rough-tailed Stickleback, Gasterosteus trachurus. Common. 



Smooth-tailed Stickleback, Leiurus aculeatus. Rare : first detected 

 in a small pool in Orphir by Mr. R. Heddle. 



Ten-spined Stickleback, Leiurus pungitius. Said to have occur- 

 red in Zetland. 



Fifteen-spined Stickleback, Spinachia vulgaris. Common. 



Mugilid(B. 



Thick-lipped Gray Mullet, Mugil Chelo. Tolerably frequent from 

 June to September. 



Sparidee. 



Common Sea Bream, Pagellus centronotus. One specimen obtained 

 by Dr. Duguid in Scalpa, near Kirkwall. 



