﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  269 
  

  

  Genus 
  GALE 
  US, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Galeus 
  vulgaris, 
  Flem. 
  The 
  Tope. 
  "Sheer-dog." 
  

   " 
  Penny-dog." 
  

  

  " 
  Frequently 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  (Parnell.) 
  

   " 
  Frequent 
  at 
  St. 
  Andrews." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  only 
  aware 
  

   of 
  two 
  instances 
  in 
  which 
  this 
  fish 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  within 
  

   our 
  limits." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  strange 
  that 
  a 
  fish 
  of 
  such 
  abundance 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  

   coast 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  little 
  noticed. 
  That 
  it 
  is 
  our 
  most 
  

   common 
  Shark 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  room 
  for 
  doubt, 
  it 
  being 
  taken 
  

   during 
  autumn 
  by 
  great-line 
  fishers 
  in 
  large 
  numbers. 
  It 
  is 
  

   no 
  uncommon 
  thing 
  to 
  see 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  tons 
  of 
  them 
  

   brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen 
  Market 
  in 
  one 
  day, 
  whilst 
  several 
  

   hundredweights 
  are 
  of 
  daily 
  occurrence. 
  The 
  fish, 
  when 
  

   skinned 
  and 
  allowed 
  to 
  lie 
  in 
  salt 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  and 
  then 
  

   boiled, 
  is 
  good 
  eating, 
  but 
  inferior 
  to 
  young 
  Porbeagle. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ZYG^ENA, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Zygaena 
  malleus, 
  Shaw. 
  Hammer-headed 
  Shark. 
  

  

  "One 
  found 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  near 
  Whitehills 
  in 
  1861." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  

  

  Included 
  in 
  Howden's 
  list 
  as 
  a 
  fish 
  of 
  his 
  district, 
  but 
  

   neither 
  date 
  nor 
  locality 
  given, 
  nor 
  where 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MUSTELUS, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Mustelus 
  vulgaris, 
  Mull, 
  and 
  Henle. 
  Smooth 
  Hound. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  name 
  Squalus 
  mustelus, 
  Neill 
  says, 
  " 
  this 
  is 
  

   occasionally 
  found 
  along 
  with 
  piked 
  dog-fish 
  " 
  — 
  (Memo, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Went. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  549.) 
  " 
  The 
  most 
  common 
  

   size 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  of 
  Shark 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  

   Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  is 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  25 
  inches 
  in 
  length." 
  (Parnell.) 
  

   " 
  Noticed 
  by 
  Peach 
  at 
  Wick, 
  Orkney, 
  and 
  Shetland." 
  

   " 
  St. 
  Andrews, 
  not 
  uncommon." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  " 
  Specimen 
  in 
  

   Montrose 
  Museum 
  " 
  (no 
  date 
  or 
  locality). 
  (Howden.) 
  

   " 
  Caught 
  by 
  us 
  on 
  long 
  lines 
  off 
  Stiorhead." 
  (Harvie- 
  

   Brown 
  and 
  Buckley.) 
  

  

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