FISHES 



shoulder. After a while the pain subsides and 

 the wound heals without further trouble. 



62. Dragonet or Skulpin. Callionymus lyra, 



Linn, 

 Very common. An interesting description 

 of the habits and behaviour of this fish in 

 courtship has been published by Holt (Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1898). 



63. Spotted Dragonet. Callionymus maculatus, 



Bonap. 

 One specimen trawled off the Mewstone 

 in 1898, three specimens off Plymouth later 

 in the same year. It is common in the 

 Mediterranean. 



64. Cornish Sucker. Lepadogaster gouanii, 



Lac^p. 

 Common. 



65. Double-spotted Sucker. Lepadogaster 



bimaculatus, Flem. 

 Not uncommon. 



66. Cat-fish or Wolf-fish. Anarrhichas lupus, 



Linn. 

 Parfitt states that it has been taken in Ply- 

 mouth Sound, but no specimen has been 

 recorded at the Plymouth Laboratory. 



67. Gattorugine. Blennius gattorugine, Bloch. 

 Not uncommon in rather deep water. 



68. Montagu's Blenny. Blennius galerita, 



Linn. 

 Fairly common, in rock pools. 



69. Butterfly Blenny. Blennius ocellaris, 



Linn. 

 Not uncommon in rather deep water. 

 Several times shells have been dredged in 

 which a male of this species was guarding the 

 eggs, and once the nursery was a hollow beef 

 bone. 



70. Shanny. Blennius pholis, Linn. 

 Common in rock pools and under stones 



between tide-marks. 



71. Butterfish or Gunnel. Centronotus gun- 



nellus, Bl. Schn. 

 Common between tide-marks. 



72. Vivaparous Blenny. Zoarces viviparus, 



Linn. 

 A northern species ; only one specimen 

 recorded from the coasts of Devon. 



73. Red Band-fish. Cepola rubescens, Linn. 

 Not uncommon. Has been taken at Sal- 

 combe, in the Exe, at Brixham, and at 

 Plymouth. Two specimens were caught in 



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Plymouth Sound in December 1897, lof 

 and 12J inches long, both females. 



74. Angler, Fishing-frog, Monk-fish, or Sea- 

 devil. Lophius piscatoriusy Linn. 

 Common, The spawn of this fish is shed 

 in the form of a gelatinous band several f?et 

 in length ; it has been found floating at the 

 surface off Mevagissey, but is also occasionally 

 taken in the trawl. 



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75. Cod. Gadus morrhua, Linn. 



A considerable number of cod are taken 

 both by trawl and by hook, but they are not 

 usually so large nor of so fine a quality as 

 those from the North Sea. 



76. Haddock. Gadus aglefinus, Linn. 

 Seldom caught, though said to have been 



abundant before 1870 off the coast of 

 Cornwall. 



77. Bib, Pout, Whiting-pout. Gadus luscus, 



Linn. 

 Very common. In the aquarium this fish 

 very often develops a peculiar affection of the 

 eyes ; the membrane over the cornea becomes 

 distended and bulges out. The same thing is 

 observed to some extent in the dead fish after 

 capture. 



78. Power, or Poor Cod. Gadus minutus, 



Linn. 

 Equally common with the bib, to which it 

 is at first sight very similar. 



79. Whiting. Gadus merlangus, Linn. 

 This fish is as characteristic of the south 



coast as the haddock of the east. It affords 

 good fishing with hook and line both to pro- 

 fessionals and amateurs, and is also largely 

 taken by the trawlers. 



80. Coal-fish. Gadus virens, Linn. 



A northern species of extensive range, not 

 uncommon off the Devon coast. 



8 1 . Pollack, Gadus pollachius, Linn. 



A characteristic Devon fish, abundant and 

 of large size. 



82. Norway Pout. Gadus esmarkii, Nilsson. 

 A specimen taken in a ground seine in the 



Hamoaze in August 1 900 ; it was actually 

 landed on the Cornish shore between Saltash 

 and the river Lynher. Originally discovered 

 on the Norwegian coast, the species was 

 round in considerable numbers on the west 

 coast of Scotland in 1888, on the west of 

 Ireland in 1890 and 1891. In 1889 speci- 



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