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Gadus luscus, Will. — Bib. 

 The eggs of this fish were fairly plentiful and generally 

 distributed over the whole of the Irish Sea from Point Lynus 

 to Bahama Bank, and shorewards as far as Selker Light 

 Vessel and Nelson Buoy, between February 2nd and May 19th. 

 Considerable numbers of the eggs were found in plankton 

 collected on March 17th, between Selker Light Vessel and 

 Bahama Bank, and on the following day half way between 

 Bahama Bank and the " Hole." One thousand two hundred 

 bib eggs were present in a sample collected twenty-five miles 

 W.N.W. from Piel Gas Buoy on April 15th. A large number 

 of various kinds of fish eggs appeared to be floating about off 

 Nelson Buoy on May 9th, as the sample of plankton which was 

 taken was estimated to contain five thousand bib eggs alone. 



Gadus minutus, Linn. — Poor Cod. 

 Eggs which appeared to belong to the poor cod were 

 observed for the first time in plankton collected eight miles 

 E. \ S. of Point Lynus, and nine miles S. of South Stack on 

 April 3rd. They were generally distributed over the Irish 

 Sea in May. A collection taken twenty-four miles W.N.W. from 

 Piel Gas Buoy on May 5th was estimated to contain four 

 thousand eight hundred eggs of poor cod. The eggs were 

 present in Carnarvon Bay on May 27th. The last poor cod eggs 

 observed were found in plankton collected five miles W.S.W. 

 from Duddon Buoy on June 6th. 



Onos spp., Bisso. — The Rocklings. 

 The eggs of a species of rockling were found in plankton 

 collected five miles E. of Point Lynus, on February 6th. They 

 were generally distributed in the Irish Sea from Bahama 

 Bank to off Point Lynus, and shorewards to Selker Light 

 Vessel and Nelson Buoy, during the months of February, 

 March, April, May, June, and July. They were present in 

 Red Wharf Bay in May and June. They occurred in Cardigan 



