﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  231 
  

  

  length 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  and 
  the 
  weight, 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-two 
  

   pounds 
  ! 
  " 
  

  

  An 
  imperfect 
  specimen, 
  seven 
  feet 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   occurred 
  among 
  the 
  West 
  Rocks." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  "August 
  

   21st, 
  1880, 
  one, 
  twelve 
  feet 
  9 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  found 
  dead, 
  at 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Eden, 
  on 
  the 
  sands 
  at 
  St. 
  Andrews." 
  (Day.) 
  

  

  An 
  example, 
  eleven 
  feet 
  four 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  caught 
  at 
  

   Fraserburgh, 
  February 
  8th, 
  1884; 
  one, 
  seventeen 
  feet 
  one 
  inch 
  

   long, 
  "was 
  got 
  in 
  a 
  stake-net 
  by 
  the 
  salmon-fishers 
  near 
  

   Buckie 
  the 
  other 
  day" 
  — 
  (Aberdeen 
  Daily 
  Free 
  Press, 
  April 
  23rd, 
  

   1884) 
  — 
  and 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Aberdeen 
  University, 
  but 
  was 
  not 
  

   preserved. 
  " 
  One 
  was 
  washed 
  into 
  Sandhaven 
  Harbour, 
  

   January 
  25th, 
  1891 
  ; 
  it 
  measured 
  about 
  twelve 
  feet 
  long." 
  

   (Aberdeen 
  Evening 
  Express, 
  January 
  27th, 
  1891.) 
  

  

  " 
  One, 
  sixteen 
  feet 
  three 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  ' 
  captured 
  ' 
  in 
  

   the 
  estuary 
  of 
  the 
  Findhorn 
  'one 
  day 
  last 
  week,' 
  and 
  was 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum." 
  (Aberdeen 
  Free 
  Press, 
  May 
  

   1st, 
  1896.) 
  

  

  Family 
  ATHERINID^E, 
  Gilnther. 
  

   Genus 
  ATHERINA, 
  Artedi. 
  

   Atherina 
  presbyter, 
  Jenyns. 
  

  

  [" 
  September, 
  1848, 
  one 
  caught 
  off 
  Peterhead 
  along 
  with 
  

   herrings 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  fish, 
  to 
  root 
  of 
  tail, 
  seven 
  and 
  one-half 
  

   inches; 
  to 
  end 
  of 
  tail, 
  nine 
  and 
  one-quarter 
  inches; 
  colour 
  of 
  

   fish, 
  generally 
  orange 
  red; 
  below 
  lateral 
  line, 
  deeper 
  red." 
  (Dr. 
  

   Dyce, 
  MS.) 
  This 
  specimen 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  among 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  fishes 
  that 
  belonged 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Dyce, 
  now 
  in 
  Marischal 
  

   College 
  Museum.] 
  

  

  Day, 
  in 
  his 
  history 
  of 
  British 
  Fishes, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  226, 
  gives 
  the 
  

   writer 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  recording 
  this 
  species 
  at 
  Aberdeen. 
  This 
  

   is 
  scarcely 
  correct, 
  as 
  he 
  only 
  mentioned 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  

   Dr. 
  Dyce's 
  note 
  given 
  above. 
  

  

  " 
  Dr. 
  Neill 
  states, 
  in 
  vol. 
  i. 
  of 
  the 
  Wemerian 
  Transactions, 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  frequently 
  found 
  the 
  Atherine 
  washed 
  ashore 
  

   about 
  Figget 
  Whins, 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  after 
  easterly 
  

   winds. 
  . 
  . 
  .' 
  Two 
  instances 
  only 
  have 
  occurred 
  to 
  me 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  Atherine 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  

   (Parnell's 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  p. 
  232.) 
  

  

  