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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  locally-caught 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Montrose 
  

   Museum. 
  One 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  

   Bay 
  in 
  May, 
  1881, 
  and 
  another 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  means, 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  locality, 
  on 
  May 
  21st, 
  1883. 
  The 
  latter 
  was 
  a 
  female, 
  

   laden 
  with 
  spawn, 
  ten 
  pounds 
  in 
  weight, 
  and 
  measured 
  thirty 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length. 
  Both 
  are 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  

  

  "One 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  on 
  Aberdeen 
  Bank," 
  and 
  

   brought 
  to 
  our 
  Market, 
  October 
  29th, 
  1898 
  — 
  (Aberdeen 
  Evening 
  

   Express). 
  

  

  Genus 
  ACERINA, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  [Acerina 
  vulgaris, 
  Cuv. 
  The 
  Ruffe 
  or 
  Pope. 
  

  

  "One 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  off 
  Troup 
  Head 
  about 
  

   forty-two 
  years 
  ago." 
  (Edward.) 
  Who 
  said 
  so 
  is 
  not 
  stated. 
  

   Any 
  fish 
  obtained 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  mentioned 
  is 
  more 
  likely 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  Sebastes 
  norvegicus 
  or 
  Scorpcena 
  dactyloptera 
  than 
  

   Acerina 
  vulgaris. 
  The 
  latter 
  being 
  a 
  fresh-water 
  species, 
  off 
  

   Troup 
  Head 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  likely 
  situation 
  to 
  find 
  it 
  in.] 
  

  

  Genus 
  DENTEX, 
  Cuv. 
  

   Dentex 
  vulgaris, 
  Cuv. 
  Four-toothed 
  Sparus. 
  

  

  Arbuthnot, 
  in 
  his 
  Account 
  of 
  Peterhead, 
  p. 
  19, 
  gives 
  the 
  

   name 
  " 
  Sparus 
  raii 
  rigg 
  f 
  Toothed 
  Gilt 
  Head. 
  A 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  this 
  fish 
  have 
  been 
  driven 
  on 
  shore 
  upon 
  our 
  coast 
  for 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  years. 
  They 
  are 
  a 
  most 
  beautiful 
  fish, 
  and 
  their 
  

   taste 
  more 
  delicate 
  than 
  the 
  finest 
  herring." 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  only 
  aware 
  of 
  one 
  specimen, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  off 
  

   Troup 
  Head." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Family 
  MULLIDiE, 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MULLUS, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Mull 
  us 
  barbatus, 
  Linn. 
  Red 
  Mullet. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  brought 
  in 
  by 
  trawlers, 
  as 
  also 
  Mullus 
  sur- 
  

   muletus, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  considered 
  merely 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  barbatus. 
  

  

  