﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  221 
  

  

  Family 
  CYTTIDiE, 
  Kemp. 
  

   Genus 
  ZEUS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

   Zeus 
  faber, 
  Linn. 
  Doree, 
  or 
  John 
  Dory. 
  

  

  " 
  Of 
  these 
  fishes 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  seen 
  two 
  specimens 
  upon 
  

   our 
  coast." 
  (Arbuthnot.) 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  seldom 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  are 
  

   seen 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  year." 
  (Parnell.) 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  now 
  

   ascertained 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  here 
  

   chiefly 
  in 
  salmon 
  nets." 
  (Edward.) 
  " 
  Two 
  were 
  obtained 
  off 
  

   Morayshire." 
  (Gordon.) 
  " 
  Occurring 
  about 
  Tongue, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Dunrobin 
  Museum." 
  (Harvie- 
  

   Brown 
  and 
  Buckley.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  frequently 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  and 
  brought 
  

   into 
  Aberdeen. 
  

  

  Family 
  XIPHIID^, 
  Agassiz. 
  

   Genus 
  XIPHIAS. 
  

   Xiphias 
  gladius, 
  Linn. 
  The 
  Sword 
  Fish. 
  

  

  "A 
  small 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  — 
  rare 
  on 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   coast 
  — 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  our 
  harbour 
  in 
  1841." 
  (Edward.) 
  " 
  One 
  

   was 
  caught 
  at 
  Bo'ness, 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  July 
  17th, 
  1893; 
  it 
  

   measured 
  eight 
  feet 
  two 
  inches 
  in 
  length." 
  (Ann. 
  of 
  Scot. 
  Nat. 
  

   Hist.) 
  One, 
  six 
  feet 
  long, 
  was 
  caught 
  two 
  hundred 
  miles 
  east 
  

   of 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  Market 
  of 
  that 
  city, 
  

   November 
  14th, 
  1893, 
  and 
  was 
  bought 
  by 
  me. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  fishes 
  for 
  the 
  parish 
  

   of 
  Fraserburgh, 
  given 
  in 
  Smith's 
  New 
  History 
  of 
  Aberdeenshire, 
  

   vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  589 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  value 
  can 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  statement. 
  

   Sir 
  Eobert 
  Sibbald 
  describes 
  one 
  that 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  

   of 
  Forth 
  and 
  exhibited 
  in 
  Edinburgh. 
  

  

  Family 
  SCI^NID^, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SCkENA, 
  Artedi. 
  

  

  Sciaena 
  aquila, 
  fiisso. 
  Maigre. 
  

  

  "A 
  specimen, 
  about 
  three 
  feet 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  in 
  length, 
  was 
  

  

  p 
  

  

  