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TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



It is aii autumn and winter visitor to our coasts, the 

 young, commonly known as " rock-cod," being abundant 

 in our bays in autumn, while the full-grown adult visits 

 the neighbouring banks during the winter for the purpose 

 of spawning. It is a relentless cannibal, and, when 



Fig. XXX. — A. Qadus pollachius, the Pollack (reduced.) 



B. Labrus mixtus, the Cook Wrasse (reduced.) 

 0. Sparus centrodontus, the Sea-Bream (reduced,) 



confined in a tank, will speedily account for any small 

 specimens of its own species which may be placed with it. 

 The poor-cod, a little fish of no economic value, visits our 

 3 in considerable numbers in autumn, and may 

 generally be seen in our tanks al that time. 



