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XXVII. A List of Fishes found in the 

 Frith of Forth, and Rivers and Lakes near 

 Edinburgh, with Remarks. 



By P. Neill, F. A. S. & Sec. W. S. 



iRead 16th July 1808.] 



X he following list is by no means presented to 

 the Society, as even approaching to complete. It 

 contains only such fishes as have fallen under my 

 own observation, d uring the space of a very few 

 years past. Some species mentioned by Sir Ro- 

 bert Sibbald and other writers, as having been 

 found in the Frith, but which I have not met 

 with, are therefore purposely omitted. Very few 

 indeed of the rarer fishes will be found to occur in 

 this catalogue : but most of these are only occa-, 

 sional visitants ; and if the publication of this list 



