﻿FISHES. 
  

  

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  Edward 
  merely 
  makes 
  the 
  remark 
  " 
  rare," 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  say 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  ever 
  seen 
  a 
  specimen. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  

   Montrose 
  Museum 
  that 
  was 
  caught 
  at 
  Kirkside 
  in 
  1850. 
  

   There 
  is 
  an 
  example 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Brania 
  marina, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Fleming's 
  collection, 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   Arbroath 
  Museum. 
  

  

  "A 
  specimen 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  Museum," 
  St. 
  

   Andrews. 
  .(M'lntosh.) 
  Donovan 
  mentions 
  one 
  as 
  having 
  

   been 
  "found 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  near 
  St. 
  Andrews 
  in 
  1782." 
  

  

  Genus 
  LAMPRIS, 
  Betzius. 
  

  

  Lampris 
  luna, 
  fiisso. 
  Opah. 
  King 
  Fish. 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  known 
  in 
  British 
  waters. 
  The 
  

   first 
  notice 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  that 
  by 
  Sibbald 
  of 
  one 
  got 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  

   Forth 
  in 
  1664. 
  Specimens 
  exist 
  in 
  the 
  Museums 
  of 
  Edin- 
  

   burgh, 
  St. 
  Andrews, 
  Montrose, 
  and 
  Peterhead. 
  Many 
  have 
  

   been 
  brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen 
  Market 
  within 
  recent 
  years, 
  but 
  

   the 
  majority 
  were 
  caught 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast. 
  " 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   found 
  at 
  Boddam, 
  Troup 
  Head, 
  Blackpotts, 
  Portsoy, 
  Buckie 
  " 
  

   — 
  (Edward) 
  ; 
  " 
  Portgordon 
  and 
  Nairn 
  " 
  — 
  (Gordon). 
  

  

  Family 
  CARANGIDiE, 
  Giinther. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CABANX, 
  Lacepede. 
  

  

  Caranx 
  trachurus, 
  Lacep. 
  Horse 
  Mackerel. 
  "Scad." 
  

   "Buck 
  Mackerel." 
  

  

  " 
  We 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  these 
  fishes, 
  but 
  they 
  

   are 
  rare." 
  (Arbuthnot.) 
  

  

  " 
  Is 
  not 
  very 
  numerous, 
  and 
  is 
  seldom 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  

   food." 
  (Edward. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  

   During 
  summer 
  it 
  is 
  frequently 
  caught 
  by 
  hook 
  and 
  line, 
  and 
  

   in 
  some 
  years 
  it 
  is 
  caught 
  in 
  numbers 
  by 
  trawl. 
  It 
  is, 
  

   however, 
  irregular 
  in 
  its 
  appearance. 
  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  

   1883 
  large 
  numbers 
  were 
  caught 
  and 
  brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen, 
  

   since 
  which 
  time 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  rather 
  scarce. 
  

  

  As 
  these 
  fishes 
  are 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  valueless 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  

   of 
  food, 
  I 
  had 
  every 
  opportunity 
  afforded 
  me 
  of 
  examining 
  

  

  