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  THE 
  VEETEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Family 
  MYLIOBATIMJ. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MYLIOBATIS. 
  

  

  Myliobatis 
  aquila, 
  Cuvier. 
  Eagle 
  Ray. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  species 
  is 
  in 
  Banff 
  Museum. 
  It 
  

   was 
  caught 
  off 
  Banff 
  some 
  years 
  ago. 
  On 
  November 
  11th, 
  

   1887, 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  twenty-eight 
  miles 
  off 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  On 
  November 
  25th, 
  

   1899, 
  one 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  Bay, 
  and 
  brought 
  

   to 
  Aberdeen 
  Market 
  alive 
  ; 
  on 
  November 
  2nd, 
  1901, 
  another 
  

   was 
  caught 
  eight 
  miles 
  off 
  Aberdeen 
  ; 
  while 
  a 
  third 
  was 
  taken 
  

   on 
  January 
  16th, 
  1902, 
  twenty-five 
  miles 
  off 
  Buchanness 
  ; 
  all 
  

   of 
  which 
  were 
  females, 
  and 
  came 
  to 
  my 
  hands. 
  

  

  Sub-Class 
  CYGLOSTOMATA. 
  

  

  Family 
  PETROMYZON 
  TIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  PETROMYZON, 
  Artedi. 
  

  

  Petromyzon 
  marinus, 
  Linn. 
  The 
  Lamprey. 
  " 
  Lamper." 
  

   " 
  Lamper 
  Eel." 
  

  

  Fairly 
  common 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  

   caught 
  at 
  all 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Not 
  used 
  as 
  food. 
  

  

  Petromyzon 
  fluviatilis, 
  Linn. 
  The 
  Lampren. 
  

   "Nine-e'ed 
  Eel." 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  and 
  streams 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  Petromyzon 
  branchialis, 
  Lacep. 
  "The 
  Pride." 
  

   " 
  Planer's 
  Lamprey." 
  

  

  Fairly 
  common 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  streams 
  of 
  Aberdeen 
  and 
  

   Banff 
  shires, 
  and 
  indeed 
  from 
  Forth 
  northwards. 
  

  

  