﻿FISHES. 
  

  

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  Genus 
  LEPIDOPUS, 
  Gouan. 
  

   Lepidopus 
  caudatus, 
  White. 
  Scabbard 
  Fish. 
  

  

  One 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  Cullen 
  Sands," 
  January, 
  1896, 
  and 
  sent 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Cramond 
  to 
  Professor 
  Nicholson, 
  Aberdeen 
  — 
  (Aberdeen 
  

   Evening 
  Express, 
  January 
  31st, 
  1896). 
  A 
  few 
  have 
  recently 
  

   been 
  brought 
  to 
  Aberdeen 
  Market, 
  but 
  their 
  place 
  of 
  capture 
  

   was 
  not 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  Family 
  GOBIID^j, 
  Cimer. 
  

   Genus 
  GOBIUS, 
  Artedi. 
  

   Gobius 
  niger, 
  Rondel. 
  Black 
  Goby. 
  

  

  [" 
  These 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  rocky 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  become 
  at 
  

   times 
  the 
  prey 
  of 
  the 
  haddock, 
  etc. 
  Though 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  

   to 
  be 
  numerous 
  in 
  this 
  arm 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  I 
  meet 
  with 
  them 
  

   occasionally 
  in 
  the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  fishes." 
  (Edward.)] 
  

  

  "In 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  I 
  find 
  this 
  fish 
  rather 
  scarce, 
  

   having 
  seen 
  but 
  three 
  specimens." 
  (Parnell.) 
  "Mr. 
  Robert 
  

   Walker 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  found 
  this 
  species. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  my 
  collection." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  " 
  One 
  has 
  been 
  pro- 
  

   cured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Edward." 
  ("Contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Ichthyology 
  

   of 
  Banffshire," 
  by 
  W.) 
  

  

  Gobius 
  ruthensparri, 
  Euphr. 
  Two-spotted 
  Goby. 
  

  

  Edward 
  considered 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  rarest 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  Gobies 
  

   to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  off 
  Banff. 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  repeatedly 
  taken 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  (Parnell.) 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  taken 
  this 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  rock-pools 
  along 
  the 
  Kincar- 
  

   dineshire 
  coast. 
  It 
  does 
  not, 
  however, 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   abundant 
  species. 
  

  

  Gobius 
  minutus, 
  Gmel. 
  Speckled 
  Goby. 
  Spotted 
  Goby. 
  

  

  "Donlie." 
  

  

  " 
  Seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  common 
  fish 
  in 
  sandy 
  bays 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   British 
  coasts." 
  (Parnell.) 
  " 
  I 
  meet 
  with 
  them 
  occasionally 
  

   in 
  the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  fishes." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  species 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  Bay, 
  being 
  often 
  

   cast 
  upon 
  the 
  beach, 
  and 
  caught 
  by 
  women 
  with 
  drag-net 
  

   while 
  fishing 
  for 
  sand-eels. 
  

  

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