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Pari III. — Eighteenth Annual Report 



The following abbreviations are also used : — 



(B. & 8.) Refers to the list of Loch Fyne fishes published in the Fourth 



Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 

 (Gitnther) Refers to Dr. Giinther's paper published in the Proceedings of the 



Royal Society, Edinburgh, 1888, Vol. XV., pp. 205-220. 

 (H.B. ) Refers to the separate reprint of the List of Fishes published in 



Harvey-Brown and Buckley's work on the Vertebrate Fauna of Argyle 



and the Inner Hebrides. 

 (G.) Refers to the " Garland's " statistics. 



(M.) Refers to MS. records for Loch Fyne of the s.s. "Medusa," showing 

 some of the records obtained by Sir John Murray while investigating 

 the marine fauna and flora of the West Coast. 



SUB-CLASS TELEOSTEI. 



Order ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Fam. Percid.e. 



Poly prion americanus (BI. Schneider). The Stone Basse. 



This is the Poly prion cernium of Day's British Fishes. "One was 

 taken years ago at the mouth of the Clyde" (Aflalo). " It was also taken 

 off Little Cumbrae in 1870 by Dr. J. Young" (H.B. p. 184). The Stone 

 Basse appears to be only an occasional visitor to the Clyde, for although 

 it is included in the Vertebrate Fauna of Argyle and the Inner Hebrides 

 the above is the only locality for the species given by the authors. 



Fam. Mullid^e, Swainson. 



Mullus barbatus, Linne. Surmullet, Bed Mullet. 



Loch Fyne (Captain Campbell of Inverneil). Captain Campbell in 

 referring to this species says : — -"I caught one in Loch Fyne ... in 

 a trammel net in 10 fathoms, and though I tried in many places for them 

 I never got another " (see H.B., p. 185). 



Fam. Sparine, Cuvier. 



Pagellus centrodontus (De la Roche). The Common Sea Bream. 



One specimen of Pagellus centrodontus was taken by Mr. M. P. Bell 

 at Cumbrae, on July 12th, 1885 (see Robertson in Proc. N.H.S. Glasgow, 

 Vol. I., p. 119). When at Tarbert in 1885-86, I remember seeing a 

 specimen which was washed ashore in East Loch Tarbert, and which ap- 

 peared to have been but a short time dead. It was probably captured in 

 the nets of the herring boats fishing in the vicinity of East Tarbert and 

 having been thrown back into the sea had drifted ashore. In the 

 Vertebrate Fauna of Argyle and the Inner Hebrides, Pagellus centrodontus 

 is described as "locally numerous throughout the West of Scotland." 

 The species is sometimes brought in in large numbers to the fish market 

 at Aberdeen. 



Fam. Cottid;e. 



Coitus scorpius, Linne. The Sea Scorpion. 



Cottus scorpius is generally distributed throughout the Clyde and 

 Loch Fyne, but it seems to be more frequent inshore than in deep water. 

 "Two immature specimens were taken between Cloch Lighthouse and 



