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that small dabs were very much more numerous on this 

 occasion than formerly. As in 1904, a large proportion 

 of the small plaice obtained in the shrimp trawl were 

 infested with the peculiar Trematode G aster ostomum sp., 

 a parasite which we have not observed in fishes from any 

 region in our area other than Luce Bay. 



Table I. 

 Luce Bay, 12th October, 1905. Shrimp Trawl. 



Fish caught. 



Number. 



Sizes in inches. 



Soles 



1 

 1 



2 



1 



175 



311 



8 



1 



6 



3 



4 



10 



Numerous. 



4 



12 



Numerous. 



6 



Very numerous. 



1 



1 Gill. 



2 Gills. 



9 



Plaice 



14 





13 





12| 



2—6 





Dabs 



If— 9 



Brills 



2i—5 



Arnoglossus later na 



.Rays 



4i 

 4i_ ioj 



Codlings 



3—4 



Grey Gurnards 



3 



Siphonustuma typhle 



Gasterosteus spinachia 



Cottus SCO >'/do 





Agoviis cataphr actus 





Callionymus Jyra 





Centronotus gunnellus 



Gobius mimttus 



— 



Acanthias vulgaris 





Shrimps 





Pamlaliis aimulicomis 





