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Ammodyti s lanceolatus, Lesauvage. — Occasionally in the neighbourhood 

 of East Loch Tarbert (15. & S.). 



Hippoglossus milgaris (Fleming). — Occasionally taken in Loch Fyne 

 (B. & S.). 



Hippoglossoides limandoides (Bloch). — Upper Loch Fyne, east side 

 and centre, in 10 to 70 fathoms (M.). Tarbert Bank, Lower Loch Fyne; 

 off Miuard ; oil' Castle Lachlan ; Inveraray Bay ; and between Dunderave 

 and Lowburn, Upper Loch Fyne (G.). A common and widely-distributed 



species. 



Rhombus maximus (Linne). — Occasionally taken in Loch Fyne 

 (B. & S.). 



Zeugopterus unimaculatus (Risso). — A few specimens of this interest- 

 ing species were taken near Barmore (B. & S.). 



Zeugopterus punctatus (Bloch). — Upper Loch Fyne, west side, in 10 to 

 25 fathoms (M.). 



Pleuronectes prtatessa (Linne). — More or less common in Loch Fyne 

 where the conditions are suitable. Upper Loch Fyne, on west and east 

 sides and centre, in 10 to 36 fathoms (M.). A number of large plaice, 

 measuring from 14 to 18 inches in length, and most of which were either 

 spawning or sj:>ent, were captured in the trawl-net near the head of Loch 

 Fyne in May 1896 (G.). 



Pleuronectes microcep) halus ) Donovan. — Frequent in suitable localities 

 (B. & S.). On May 6, 1896, a scarcely ripe female, 13 inches in length, 

 was taken near the head of the loch ; two nearly ripe specimens — one a 

 male 13 inches in length, the other a female 17 inches in length — were 

 captured at Kinglass Spit ; and another, 1 1 inches, was taken off Ardno. 

 On the 7th, several other specimens were trawled on Tarbert Bank, Lower 

 Loch Fyne (G.). 



Pleuronectes cynoglossus (Linne). — Upper Loch Fyne, at west side and 

 centre, in 15 to 36 fathoms (M.). Moderately common in deep water, 

 from off Inveraray to the head of the loch (G.). 



Pleilronectes limanda, Linne ( = (?) Hippoglossoides platessoid.es). — 

 Barmore Bay, Lower Loch Fyne (B. fa S.). Upper Loch Fyne, west and 

 east sides and centre, in 10 to 70 fathoms (M.). Lowburn to Dunderave, 

 off Inveraray, Kinglass Spit, oil' Castle Lachlan, off Minard, Ardrishaig 

 Bay, Tarbert Bank. Common all over the Loch (G.). 



Pleuronectes Jiesus, Linne. — Common in Tarbert Harbour (B. & S.). 

 Occasionally in Upper Loch Fyne. One specimen, a scarcely ripe male, 

 was taken near the head of the loch in May 1896, and another off Largy- 

 more (G.). 



Solea vulgaris, Quensel. — Small specimens have been captured in Bar- 

 more Bay (B. & S.). 



Salmo solar, Linne. — Taken occasionally in herring-nets between Tar- 

 bert and Barmore (B. & S.). 



