﻿FISHES. 
  

  

  283 
  

  

  Family 
  MYXINID^E. 
  

  

  Genus 
  MYXINE, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Myxine 
  glutinosa, 
  Linn. 
  " 
  Glutinous 
  Hag." 
  " 
  Heelack." 
  

  

  " 
  Eelat." 
  

  

  Common 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  This 
  fish 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  

   within 
  the 
  bodies 
  of 
  haddock, 
  cod, 
  and 
  coal-fish. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  

   that 
  instances 
  of 
  its 
  taking 
  a 
  baited 
  hook 
  " 
  must 
  be 
  extremely 
  

   rare." 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  so. 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  fishermen's 
  

   lines 
  (sometimes 
  over 
  a 
  dozen 
  from 
  one 
  line), 
  with 
  the 
  hook 
  

   and 
  bait 
  deep 
  in 
  the 
  gullet 
  quite 
  out 
  of 
  sight. 
  They 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  give 
  the 
  fishermen 
  much 
  trouble 
  in 
  removing 
  them 
  from 
  

   the 
  lines, 
  because 
  when 
  thus 
  caught 
  the 
  fish 
  wriggle 
  so 
  that 
  

   they 
  run 
  the 
  lines 
  into 
  knots 
  difficult 
  to 
  unravel. 
  

  

  Order 
  LEPTOCAKDII. 
  

  

  Family 
  CIRROSTOMI. 
  

  

  Genus 
  BRANCHIOSTOMA, 
  Costa. 
  

  

  Branchiostoma 
  lanceolatum, 
  Gray. 
  The 
  Lancelet. 
  

  

  " 
  Two 
  specimens 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  a 
  cod." 
  

   (M'Intosh.) 
  Day, 
  in 
  his 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Fishes, 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  

   p. 
  366, 
  gives 
  the 
  Moray 
  Firth 
  as 
  the 
  habitat 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  

   but 
  quotes 
  no 
  authority 
  for 
  this 
  statement. 
  I 
  am 
  in 
  possession 
  

   of 
  two 
  specimens 
  which 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  

   twelve 
  miles 
  off 
  Aberdeen, 
  but 
  the 
  story 
  wants 
  confirmation. 
  

  

  