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* Trigla lucerna. High finned gurnard. 
(Dr. Parnell.) 
* Trigla Cuculus.—Red gurnard. Common. 
(Devon and Cornwall.) 
* Peristedion Malarmat (Cuvier.) 
gurnard. (See further on.) 
Cottus gobio.—“‘ Miller’s thumb.” Common in 
rivers. 
Cottus scorpius.—* Father lasher.” (Turton and 
Kingston.) 
Mullus surmuletus.—Surmullet. Not common. 
Mugil cephalus.—Mullet. In great abundance. 
Congregate in the estuaries in autumn. 
Atherina Hepsetus.—Atherine, Smelt, or Mullet. 
Common in estuaries. 
Scomber vulgaris.—_Mackarel. Common. Caught 
for the market principally in autumn. 
Trachurus vulgaris—AHorse mackarel. Rare. 
Zeus Faber.—Doree. Not common. 
Gasterosteus aculeatus.—Steckleback. In ditch- 
es and rivulets. This fish is infested by a small 
parasite, capable if dislodged of swimming, and 
again fixing itself on the stickleback. 
Gobius niger.—Groundling. (Turton and King- 
ston.) 
Gobius minutus.—Spotted goby. (Turton and 
Kingston.) 
* Centriscus Scolopax.—Trumpet fish. Very 
rare. (Couch.) 
* Serranus gigas, and * Couchii, Zeus Aper, 
* Hemulon formosum, Lampris Luna, Lepidopus 
argyreus, * Crenilabrus microstoma (Couch) * Cu- 
vier’s gurnard, Scizna aquila, Brama Rail, Scomber 
Pelamis, * Pelamis Sarda, * Labrus Comber, 
* Labrus lineatus, * Julis vulgaris, * Choetodon— 
(Couch) Trigla adriatica, * Gymnetrus Hawkenii, 
* Trachurus glaucus, and Centronotus ductor, P2lot 
Jish have been taken in Cornwall. The * Peristedion 
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