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  THE 
  VERTEBKATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  [Trigla 
  pceciloptera, 
  Guv. 
  The 
  Little 
  Gurnard. 
  

  

  Edward 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Somewhat 
  rare. 
  I 
  remember 
  once 
  taking 
  

   one 
  from 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  a 
  Great 
  Northern 
  Diver, 
  which 
  was 
  

   shot 
  between 
  Findochty 
  and 
  Speymouth." 
  Couch 
  describes 
  

   this 
  fish 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  but 
  Day 
  puts 
  it 
  down 
  as 
  the 
  

   young 
  of 
  Trigla 
  herundo.] 
  

  

  [Trigla 
  obscura, 
  Linn. 
  " 
  Long-finned 
  Captain." 
  

  

  In 
  Dr. 
  Howden's 
  list 
  this 
  fish 
  is 
  marked 
  as 
  local, 
  and 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  is 
  in 
  Montrose 
  Museum, 
  but 
  neither 
  date 
  nor 
  

   locality 
  is 
  given. 
  Information 
  on 
  this 
  point 
  is 
  very 
  desirable, 
  

   as 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  recorded 
  for 
  Scottish 
  waters.] 
  

  

  Family 
  CATAPHRACTI. 
  

  

  Genus 
  AGONUS, 
  Block. 
  

  

  Agonus 
  cataphractus, 
  Gunther. 
  Armed 
  Bull-head. 
  

   "Miller's 
  Thumb." 
  

  

  Abundant 
  ; 
  often 
  brought 
  in 
  by 
  trawl, 
  and 
  very 
  frequently 
  

   cast 
  upon 
  the 
  beach 
  after 
  storms. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PERISTETHUS, 
  Kawp. 
  

  

  [Periistethus 
  cataphractum, 
  Kaup. 
  Armed 
  Gurnard. 
  

  

  Like 
  the 
  preceding, 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  included 
  as 
  local 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Howden, 
  but 
  like 
  it 
  there 
  is 
  yet 
  no 
  Scottish 
  record 
  of 
  its 
  

   occurrence 
  along 
  our 
  coast.] 
  

  

  Genus 
  TRIGLOPS. 
  

   Triglops 
  murrayi, 
  Gunther. 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  was 
  first 
  made 
  known 
  as 
  British 
  by 
  Sir 
  John 
  

   Murray, 
  who 
  caught 
  it 
  off 
  the 
  Mull 
  of 
  Cantyre 
  and 
  the 
  Island 
  

   of 
  Sanda 
  in 
  1887-88, 
  and 
  was 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  

   Proc. 
  Boy. 
  Soc, 
  Edinburgh 
  (1889), 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Gunther. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  specimen 
  for 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland 
  was 
  

  

  