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  dead 
  or 
  in 
  a 
  dying 
  condition. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  often 
  preyed 
  

   upon 
  by 
  Lernea 
  pennatula. 
  On 
  July 
  20th, 
  1896, 
  from 
  one 
  I 
  

   took 
  six 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  parasite, 
  which 
  measured 
  from 
  five 
  

   to 
  six 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  They 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  from 
  

   the 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  into 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  eaten 
  their 
  way 
  

   for 
  several 
  inches. 
  

  

  Orthagoriscus 
  truncatus, 
  Flem. 
  Oblong 
  Sun-fish, 
  

  

  " 
  Several 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  on 
  shore 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  

   Gardenstown, 
  Crovie, 
  and 
  other 
  places." 
  (Edward.) 
  " 
  One 
  

   obtained 
  at 
  Burghead." 
  (Gordon.) 
  " 
  In 
  August, 
  1846, 
  and 
  

   October, 
  1850, 
  examples 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth 
  and 
  

   at 
  Elgin." 
  (Day.) 
  

  

  Order 
  GANIODEI. 
  

   Family 
  ACIPENSERIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  ACIPENSER, 
  Artedi. 
  

   Acipenser 
  sturio, 
  Linn. 
  Sturgeon. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  long 
  known 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Scotland; 
  although 
  it 
  has 
  never 
  appeared 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  

   Parnell 
  mentions 
  it 
  as 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Forth, 
  St. 
  Andrews 
  

   (M'Intosh), 
  Montrose 
  (Howden), 
  Banff 
  (Edward), 
  Elgin 
  (Gor- 
  

   don), 
  Inverness 
  (Fraser), 
  Sutherlandshire 
  (Harvie-Brown 
  and 
  

   Buckley), 
  Caithness 
  (Peach 
  and 
  Reid). 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  Aberdeen 
  and 
  Kincardineshire 
  coasts 
  the 
  

   Sturgeon 
  is 
  caught 
  occasionally 
  by 
  line 
  fishermen. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  stake-nets 
  set 
  for 
  salmon, 
  but 
  most 
  

   frequently 
  it 
  is 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl-fishers 
  who 
  bring 
  it 
  into 
  

   Aberdeen 
  Market, 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   examining 
  them. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  six 
  to 
  seven 
  feet 
  are 
  not 
  

   infrequent. 
  

  

  The 
  form 
  that 
  for 
  long 
  went 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Acipenser 
  

   latirostris, 
  and 
  believed 
  by 
  Parnell 
  and 
  others 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   species, 
  is 
  now 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  merely 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  A. 
  Sturio. 
  

  

  