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  THE 
  VERTEBKATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Family 
  SCYLLIIMJ. 
  

  

  Genus 
  SCYLLIUM, 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  Scyllium 
  canicula, 
  Linn. 
  Small-spotted 
  Dog-fish. 
  

   "BlirT 
  E'e." 
  " 
  Sweetwilliam." 
  

  

  Frequently 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl, 
  and 
  often 
  by 
  that 
  means 
  

   brought 
  to 
  Aberdeen 
  Market. 
  

  

  Scyllium 
  catulus, 
  Cuv. 
  Large-spotted 
  Dog-fish. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth 
  examples 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets 
  at 
  Queensferry 
  " 
  (Parnell) 
  ; 
  who 
  also 
  

   states 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  caught 
  at 
  Wick. 
  

  

  Included 
  in 
  Howden's 
  list, 
  but 
  no 
  locality 
  given. 
  Not 
  

   mentioned 
  by 
  Gordon 
  or 
  Edward. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  former 
  list 
  of 
  mine 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  included 
  on 
  the 
  

   authority 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Dyce, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  fish 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  

   the 
  collection 
  of 
  that 
  gentleman, 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  

   Museum, 
  Aberdeen, 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  it 
  

   had 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Aberdeen. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   caught 
  there. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  Industrial 
  Museum, 
  

   Edinburgh, 
  which 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PRISTIURUS, 
  Bonaparte. 
  

  

  Pristiurus 
  melanostomus, 
  Bonap. 
  Black-mouthed 
  

   Dog-fish. 
  

  

  " 
  1 
  am 
  led 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  does 
  occasionally 
  

   occur 
  with 
  us." 
  (Edward.) 
  Marked 
  " 
  local" 
  by 
  Howden. 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  four 
  miles 
  off 
  Aberdeen, 
  

   November 
  15th, 
  1898, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  Since 
  

   the 
  above 
  date 
  two 
  others 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  my 
  hand. 
  

  

  Family 
  SPENACID^l. 
  

  

  Genus 
  ACANTHIAS, 
  Eisso. 
  

  

  Acanthias 
  vulgaris, 
  Risso. 
  Picked 
  Dog-fish. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  and 
  very 
  destructive 
  

   both 
  to 
  nets 
  and 
  lines. 
  Were 
  this 
  species 
  used 
  as 
  it 
  ought 
  

  

  