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  THE 
  VERTEBKATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  Genus 
  PELAMYS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Pelamys 
  sarda, 
  Cuv. 
  Belted 
  Bonito. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  caught 
  at 
  Buddon, 
  near 
  Montrose, 
  in 
  1885, 
  and 
  

   is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  there. 
  

  

  Genus 
  AUXIS, 
  Cuv. 
  

  

  Auxis 
  rochei, 
  Gunther. 
  Plain 
  Bonito. 
  

  

  " 
  Several 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  now 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  notice. 
  One, 
  

   taken 
  in 
  a 
  herring 
  net, 
  off 
  Cullen, 
  measured 
  over 
  twenty 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  twelve 
  inches 
  in 
  circumference 
  behind 
  

   the 
  first 
  dorsal." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Family 
  STKOMATEIDiE, 
  Swainson. 
  

   Genus 
  CENTROLOPHUS, 
  Lacepede. 
  

   Centrolophus 
  pompilus, 
  Cuv. 
  Black 
  Fish. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  very 
  rare 
  fish 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  net 
  at 
  

   Lossiemouth 
  in 
  1841." 
  (Gordon.) 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  31st, 
  1887, 
  one 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  twenty 
  

   miles 
  off 
  Aberdeen 
  — 
  length, 
  twenty-three 
  and 
  one-half 
  inches 
  

   — 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  Dr. 
  Howden, 
  in 
  his 
  list, 
  

   includes 
  this 
  fish 
  as 
  "local," 
  but 
  when 
  or 
  where 
  caught, 
  or 
  

   where 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  seen, 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  state. 
  

  

  Family 
  CORYPGENIDiE, 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  Genus 
  BEAMA, 
  Bisso. 
  

   Brama 
  raii, 
  Schn. 
  Ray's 
  Bream. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Parnell, 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  "occurred 
  in 
  the 
  

   Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  frequently." 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  Peterhead 
  Bay 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  there 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  C. 
  W. 
  Peach, 
  December 
  30th, 
  1850. 
  

   One 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  Gamrie 
  Harbour, 
  October 
  24th, 
  1851 
  — 
  (G. 
  

   Harris, 
  Zoologist, 
  p. 
  3301.) 
  One 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  Bay, 
  

   1857, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  collection, 
  Marischal 
  College 
  Museum, 
  

   Aberdeen. 
  

  

  