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  THE 
  VE 
  ETE 
  BR 
  ATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  followed 
  on 
  November 
  5th, 
  1892, 
  by 
  four 
  hundredweights, 
  

   also 
  off 
  Buchan 
  Ness. 
  Besides 
  these, 
  many 
  small 
  lots 
  have 
  

   been 
  brought 
  to 
  land, 
  and 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  localities. 
  This 
  

   fish 
  seems 
  to 
  keep 
  beyond 
  the 
  forty-fathom 
  line. 
  As 
  an 
  

   article 
  of 
  food, 
  it 
  is 
  excellent. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  a 
  striking 
  resemblance 
  to 
  Sebastes, 
  but 
  

   may 
  be 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  its 
  deep 
  blue 
  mouth, 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  Sebastes 
  being 
  white. 
  

  

  Family 
  COTTID^E. 
  

  

  Genus 
  COTTUS. 
  

  

  Cottus 
  scorpius, 
  Linn. 
  Short-spined 
  Cottus. 
  

   "Gunplucker." 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  cast 
  on 
  Aberdeen 
  beach 
  after 
  storms, 
  and 
  also 
  

   brought 
  in 
  by 
  trawlers. 
  

  

  Cottus 
  bubalis, 
  Euph. 
  "Father 
  Lasher." 
  " 
  Long-spined 
  

   Cottus." 
  "Goudie." 
  "Cuntack." 
  "Gunplucker." 
  

   " 
  Cumper." 
  

  

  An 
  abundant 
  species 
  ; 
  found 
  in 
  every 
  rock 
  pool, 
  and 
  often 
  

   cast 
  upon 
  the 
  beach 
  after 
  storms. 
  

  

  Cottus 
  grcenlandicus, 
  Cuv. 
  " 
  Greenland 
  Father 
  Lasher." 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  doubtful 
  species 
  ; 
  some 
  contend 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  

   a 
  variety 
  of 
  G. 
  bubalis, 
  while 
  others 
  hold 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   species. 
  Among 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Couch, 
  to 
  

   whom 
  I 
  sent 
  specimens, 
  which 
  he 
  pronounced 
  to 
  be 
  genuine 
  

   G. 
  grcenlandicus. 
  The 
  distinguishing 
  character 
  between 
  G. 
  

   bubalis 
  and 
  this 
  form 
  are 
  sharp 
  papillae 
  above 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   line, 
  spinous 
  processes 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  surfaces 
  of 
  the 
  pectoral 
  

   fins, 
  and 
  round 
  white 
  spots 
  along 
  the 
  abdominal 
  surface. 
  

   As 
  these 
  features 
  are 
  not, 
  however, 
  always 
  all 
  present, 
  I 
  

   am 
  inclined 
  to 
  the 
  former 
  belief. 
  Examples 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  

   in 
  which 
  only 
  the 
  papillae 
  above 
  the 
  lateral 
  line 
  and 
  the 
  

   spinous 
  processes 
  on 
  the 
  pectoral 
  fins 
  were 
  present 
  ; 
  while 
  in 
  

   others, 
  the 
  white 
  spots 
  along 
  the 
  belly 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  variation 
  

   from 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  