218 Part III. — Twenty-first Annual Report 



VI.— SOME FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOOD OF 

 FISHES, WITH A NOTE ON THE FOOD OBSERVED IN THE 

 STOMACH OF A COMMON PORPOISE. By Thomas Scott, 

 LL.D., F.L.S. 



In my paper on the food of fishes published in Part ,111. of last year's 

 Report,* I gave the results of the examination of fishes belonging to fifty- 

 six different species. In the present paper twenty-two species are repre- 

 sented, sixteen of which are teleosteans and the others Rays and Dog 

 fishes. Their names are as follow : — 



Sehastes norveyicus (Ascan.), 

 Triyla gurnanlus, Lin. 

 Lampris luna (Gmelin). 

 Anarricliiclia>> lupus, Lin. 

 Lumpenus lampetixeformU 



(Walbourn). 

 Muyil cJielo, Cuvier. 

 Lahrus mixtus, Lin. 

 Oadus luscuSj Lin. 



■ „ esjiiarkii, Nilsson. 

 Molua molva, Lin. 

 Onos cimbrius, Lin. 

 Ammodytes tohiamis, Lin. 

 Drepanopsetta plattemjides (Fabr.). 

 Pleuronectes ajnoylossus, Lin. 

 Argentina spliyvama, Lin. 



„ Silas (Ascanius). 

 Raia balls, Lin. 



„ fullonica, Lin. 



., radiata, Donovan. 



„ circularis. Couch. 

 Squalus acanthias, Lin. 

 Seijlliorhinus canicula (Lin.). 



The Norway Haddock. 



The Grey Gurnard. 



The King Fish. 



The Cat or Wolf-fish. 



The Sharp-tailed Lumpen us. 



The Grey Mullet. 



The Striped Wrasse. 



The AVhiting Pout or Brassie. 



The N'orway Pout. 



The Ling. 



The Four-bearded Rockling. 

 The Lesser Sand-eel. 

 The Long Rough Dab. 

 The Witch-sole. 

 The Hebridean Smelt. 

 The Greater Argentine. 

 The Grey Skate. 

 The Shagreen or Fuller's Ray. 

 The Starry Ray. 

 The Cuckoo or Sandy Ray. 

 The Picked Dog-fish. 

 The Lesser Spotted Dog-fish or 

 Rough-hound. 



These fishes are referred to in the sequel in the order in which they are 

 given here. 



At the- end of the notes on the food of these fishes I describe the 

 results obtained by the examination of the food found in the stomach of 

 a common Porpoise cast ashore last year in the vicinity of the Laboratory. 



Sebastes norvegicus (Ascanius), 



Three Sebastes, measuring 11|, lU, and 12 J inches respectively, and 

 captured in the North Sea in December 1901, had apparently been all 

 feeding on soft animal substances (probably Annelids), for though 

 each of their stomachs contained a quantity of food, thero was nothing 

 to show satisfactorily what it consisted of. Had "^t consisted of 

 Crustaceans, shell-fish, or fish, even considerably digested, the remains of 

 the harder parts, or some of them, would have afforded an indication of 

 the nature of the food. 



* Twetttieth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Fart III., p. 486. 



