﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  239 
  

  

  Genus 
  GADICULUS. 
  

  

  Gadiculus 
  argenteus. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  that 
  was 
  

   found 
  upon 
  Aberdeen 
  Sands 
  by 
  me 
  on 
  April 
  13th, 
  1885. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MERLUCCIUS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Merluccius 
  vulgaris, 
  Quv. 
  Hake. 
  "Herring 
  Hake." 
  

  

  " 
  Rare 
  in 
  Scotland." 
  (Fleming.) 
  " 
  Seldom 
  met 
  with 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland." 
  (Parnell.) 
  " 
  Found 
  occasionally." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  is 
  caught 
  abundantly 
  off 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Kincardine, 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  and 
  Banff 
  both 
  by 
  line 
  and 
  trawl, 
  and 
  is, 
  when 
  

   properly 
  cooked, 
  an 
  excellent 
  article 
  for 
  the 
  table. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PHYCIS, 
  Block. 
  

  

  Phycis 
  blennoides, 
  El. 
  Great 
  Forked 
  Beard. 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  was 
  practically 
  unknown 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  

   until 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  trawling, 
  by 
  which 
  mode 
  of 
  fishing 
  it 
  is 
  

   shown 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  abundant. 
  It 
  is 
  never 
  used 
  as 
  food, 
  still 
  I 
  

   find 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  excellent 
  as 
  such. 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  is 
  some- 
  

   times 
  brought 
  to 
  our 
  market 
  in 
  this 
  form 
  — 
  the 
  first 
  ray 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  extends 
  from 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  to 
  two 
  inches 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  others, 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  thin 
  spine. 
  From 
  

   this, 
  Couch 
  has 
  given 
  it 
  a 
  place 
  as 
  a 
  distinct 
  species 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  Blennoid 
  Fork-beard, 
  but 
  beyond 
  this 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  

   fish, 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  nothing 
  to 
  warrant 
  such 
  distinction 
  being 
  

   given. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MOLVA, 
  Nilsson. 
  

  

  Molva 
  vulgaris, 
  Flem. 
  Ling. 
  "Stake," 
  when 
  young. 
  

   "When 
  salted 
  and 
  dried, 
  they 
  are 
  called 
  Kealing." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  species 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  and 
  is 
  

   caught 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  and 
  either 
  eaten 
  fresh, 
  or 
  split, 
  

   salted, 
  and 
  dried. 
  It 
  is 
  held 
  in 
  high 
  esteem 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  

  

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