Fishes. 4369 



Gobius albus. Frequent in summer, off shore. 

 „ niger. Abundant in tide-pools. 

 „ unipunctatus. Abundant in the Fleet-water. 

 „ minutus. Dredged occasionally. 

 „ Ruthersparri. Common in the keer-drag. 

 Callionymus dracunculus. Common in the Bay. 

 Labrus bergylta. Abundant ; brilliant specimens, and some of 

 large size, occur frequently in various parts of the Bay. 

 „ Donovani. Quite common in the harbour. 

 „ mixtus. One small specimen. 

 Crenilabrus Cornubicus. Very abundant around the quays. 

 „ melops. Common, in summer and autumn. 



„ rupestris. Common, in summer and autumn. 



„ pusillus (?) One specimen. 



Motella vulgaris. Not rare. 



„ quinque-cirrata. Common. 



„ glauca. This very rare and very minute fish (the mackerel 

 midge) I obtained on the 8th of July, by dredging. 

 Platessa microcephala. Several specimens. 

 Solea pegusa. Two specimens, in July. 

 Monochirus linguatulus. Common. 



Rhombus punctatus. A fine specimen of this very scarce little fish 

 (Bloch's top-knot) was brought to me by a trawler, in August. 

 Lepidogaster bimaculatus. Frequently dredged in summer. 

 Ammodytes Tobianus and A. lancea. Commonly taken when the 

 seine is hauled upon the sandy beaches. 



Syngnathus acus, S. typhle, S. aequoreus, S. anguineus, S. ophidion, 

 and S. lumbriciformis. The whole of the British pipe-fishes are quite 

 common in Weymouth Bay, chiefly on the Zosterabeds, from low- 

 water-mark to deep water. S. typhle and S. aequoreus are especially 

 abundant. 



Raia microcellata. Three specimens of this beautiful ray I took, 

 together with the following species, with a small trawl, in shallow 

 water, off Smallmouth Sands, at the end of June. Young specimens 

 of R. clavata, beautifully ocellated, were also taken. 

 Raia marginata. See preceding note. 



P. H. Gosse. 

 58, Huntingdon Street, Barnsbuiy Park. 



(To be continued.) 



