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  THE 
  VERTEBBATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  Blennius 
  pholis, 
  Linn. 
  "Shanny." 
  "Smooth 
  Blenny." 
  

  

  "Met 
  with 
  amongst 
  the 
  low-lying 
  rocks 
  along 
  our 
  line 
  of 
  

   shore." 
  (Edward.) 
  "Common 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  

   (Parnell.) 
  " 
  Abundant 
  between 
  tide-marks." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  

  

  The 
  Shanny 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  common 
  occurrence 
  along 
  the 
  rocky 
  

   Kincardineshire 
  coast. 
  When 
  first 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  water, 
  the 
  

   fish 
  presents 
  a 
  beautiful 
  arrangement 
  of 
  colours, 
  many 
  of 
  

   which 
  vanish 
  almost 
  before 
  the 
  creature 
  is 
  dead. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CABELOPHUS, 
  Kroyer. 
  

   Carelophus 
  ascanii, 
  Walhaum. 
  Yarrell's 
  Blenny. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  splendid 
  specimen 
  in 
  my 
  collection, 
  which 
  was 
  

   found 
  cast 
  on 
  shore 
  between 
  Gardenstown 
  and 
  Crovie. 
  

   Rarely 
  met 
  with." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Peach 
  records 
  it 
  from 
  Wick 
  and 
  Peterhead. 
  Day 
  mentions 
  

   "one 
  from 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth, 
  1839." 
  "One 
  at 
  Peterhead, 
  1853." 
  

   (Harris.) 
  " 
  Not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  deep 
  water, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  in 
  

   the 
  stomach 
  of 
  cod." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  upon 
  

   trawlers 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  fishing 
  off 
  the 
  Aberdeen 
  and 
  Kincar- 
  

   dineshire 
  coasts. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CENTRONOTUS, 
  Block. 
  

  

  Centronotus 
  gunnellus, 
  Gunther. 
  " 
  Butter 
  Fish." 
  

   "Nine-eyed 
  Eel." 
  "Spotted 
  Gunnel." 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  every 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  estuary 
  of 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  

   Forth." 
  (Parnell.) 
  " 
  To 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  among 
  the 
  low-lying 
  

   rocks 
  along 
  our 
  line 
  of 
  shore." 
  (Edward.) 
  "Abundant 
  

   between 
  tide-marks, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  sands 
  after 
  storms." 
  

   (M'Intosh.) 
  Included 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  fishes 
  at 
  Peterhead, 
  

   N, 
  & 
  A. 
  f 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  Arbuthnot, 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  is 
  abundant 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  

  

  Lumpenus 
  lam 
  pet 
  reform 
  is, 
  Collett. 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  was 
  first 
  discovered 
  as 
  British 
  by 
  Professor 
  

   M'Intosh 
  of 
  St. 
  Andrews, 
  in 
  May, 
  1884, 
  and 
  obtained 
  by 
  him 
  

   fifteen 
  miles 
  off 
  St. 
  Abb's 
  Head. 
  The 
  second 
  recorded 
  

  

  