﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  229 
  

  

  specimen 
  I 
  found 
  upon 
  a 
  trawl 
  -boat 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  fishing 
  

   in 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth, 
  April 
  14th, 
  1885, 
  since 
  which 
  time 
  several 
  

   hundreds 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ZOARCES, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Zoarces 
  viviparus, 
  Guv. 
  Viviparus 
  Blenny. 
  "Guffer 
  Eel." 
  

  

  " 
  Dornicle." 
  

  

  " 
  Found 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  July, 
  

   August, 
  and 
  September." 
  (Arbuthnot.) 
  " 
  In 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  

   Forth 
  it 
  exists 
  in 
  great 
  plenty, 
  hiding 
  under 
  sea- 
  weed 
  in 
  rocky 
  

   situations." 
  (Parnell.) 
  " 
  Not 
  uncommon 
  between 
  tide-marks, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  sands 
  after 
  storms." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  common 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  north-east 
  coast, 
  and 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  under 
  stones 
  and 
  weed. 
  Those, 
  however, 
  

   caught 
  off-shore 
  are 
  always 
  of 
  greater 
  size 
  than 
  those 
  to 
  be 
  

   found 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  On 
  April 
  22nd, 
  1886, 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  large 
  

   female 
  brought 
  from 
  deep 
  water. 
  She 
  contained 
  30 
  young, 
  

   ready 
  for 
  expulsion, 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  this 
  there 
  were 
  thirty- 
  

   one 
  more, 
  evidently 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  a 
  former 
  season, 
  which 
  had 
  

   never 
  been 
  born. 
  They 
  were 
  all 
  firmly 
  fixed 
  together, 
  and 
  in 
  

   a 
  hard 
  wasted 
  condition. 
  The 
  cause 
  of 
  their 
  not 
  having 
  

   been 
  shed 
  was 
  not 
  apparent. 
  

  

  Family 
  CEPOLID^, 
  Bleeker. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CEPOLA, 
  Linnceus. 
  

  

  Cepola 
  rubescens, 
  Linn. 
  Red 
  Band 
  Fish. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  is 
  in 
  Montrose 
  Museum, 
  and 
  marked 
  as 
  local 
  in 
  

   Dr. 
  Howden's 
  list, 
  but 
  no 
  authority 
  given. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  aware 
  of 
  

   any 
  other 
  record 
  for 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  Family 
  TRACHYPTERIDiE, 
  Sioainson. 
  

  

  Genus 
  TRACHYPTERUS, 
  Goican, 
  

  

  Trachypterus 
  arcticus, 
  Nihs, 
  " 
  Vaagmar." 
  " 
  Deal 
  Fish.'' 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  was 
  " 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  Dee, 
  near 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  28th 
  January, 
  1818, 
  and 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  Marquis 
  

  

  