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[(?) Exocetus volitans, Linne. The Flying-fish. 



The Rev. David Lands borough, in his Natural History of Arran, p. 

 386, states that the flying-fish has been seen in Ayr Harbour. Two or 

 three kinds of fishes are spoken of as " flying-fish," but probably it is the 

 species named above that he refers to.] 



Fain. Clupehle, Cuvier. 



Clupea harengus, Linne. The Herring. 



Common in the Clyde and Loch Fyne, where a great herring fishing 

 is carried on. The movements aud habits of the Clyde and Loch Fyne 

 herring have been for a long time subjects of much interest to naturalists, 

 and even yet are not very clearly understood. 



Clupea sprattus, Linne. The Sprat. 



Sprats are not uncommon in the Clyde, but owing to their having 

 been frequently mistaken for young herring, there is some uncertainty as 

 to their numbers and distribution. 



Clupea alosa, Linne. The Allis Shad. 



Very large specimens were taken in Loch Fyne in 1888 (H.B., p. 

 221). Mr. Gray, of the Millport Marine Station, says in lit: — "A fine 

 specimen of this fish was taken in a seine-net off Isle of Ross in the 

 winter of 1894, and was put in spirits by me and left in the old museum 

 in Kirk Street, Campbeltown, and is probably still preserved in the new 

 museum there." 



Fam. MuRiENiD^E, Miiller. 



Anguilla vulgaris, Cuvier. The Common Eel. 



The Common Eel affords a small but regular fishery in Tarbert 

 harbour, Loch Fyne (B. & S.). It was also taken in the shrimp trawl- 

 net of the " Garland " off Inveraray in May 1896. 



Conger vulgaris, Cuvier. The Conger. 



Moderately large specimens of conger are at times captured in the 

 " Garland's " beam trawl-net, one 50 inches in length was taken near the 

 head of Loch Fyne on May 5th, 1896 ; another of the same length was 

 secured in the vicinity of Ailsa Craig on April 28th, 1897. A specimen 

 45 inches long is recorded from Whiting Bay, and others of somewhat 

 smaller size from various parts of the Clyde area. I have taken a fairly 

 big specimen between tide marks at Lunderston Bay after the tide had 

 ebbed. 



Order LOPHOBRANCHII, Cuvier. 

 Fam. SYNGNATHIDiE. 



Siphonostoma typhle (Linne). The Deep-nosed or Broad-nosed Pipe-fish. 



A specimen of this species was captured amongst zostera in East 

 Loch Tarbert (B. & S.). A specimen, which I believe to be the one now 

 recorded here, is in the collection of fishes in the Fishery Board's 

 Laboratory at Bay of Nigg. 



Syngnathus acus (Linne). The Great Pipe-fish. 



This species is not uncommon in the Clyde and Loch Fyne, 

 especially inshore where the water is shallow. 



