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Latin Name. 



SCOMBBID^. 



Scomber scomber. 



Scomber colias. 

 Orcynus thynnus. 

 Orcynus germo. 

 Thynnus peh 



Pelamys sarda. 

 Auxis rochei. 



CORTPH^NID^. 



Brama rati. 

 Lampris luna. 

 Lwoarus imperi- 



alis. 

 Carangid^. 



Caranx trachu- 



rus. 

 Lichia glauca. 

 Capros aper. 



Ctttid^. 

 Zem faber. 



XiPHlIDiB. 



Xiphias gladius. 



SCI^NID^. 



Scicena aquila. 

 Trachiurus leptu- 

 rus. 

 GOBIID^. 



Aphia pellucida. 



Blennkd^. 

 Anarrhichus lu- 

 pus. 



Zoarces vivipa- 

 rus. 



Tbachtptebid^. 



Trachypterus arc- 

 ticus. 



ATHERINIDiE. 



A therina presby- 

 ter. 



English Name. 



Mackerel. 



Spanish mackerel. 

 Short-finned tunny. 

 Long-finned tunny. 

 Bonito. 



Belted bonito. 

 Plain bonito. 



Bay's bream. 

 Opah. 



Scad, horse- 

 mackerel. 



Boar fish. 



John Dorey. 

 Sword fish. 



Hair tail. 



Wolf fish. 

 Viviparous blenny. 



Deal-fish. 

 Sand smelt. 



Spawning period. 



May and June (Day) 

 June and July 

 (F. O., Peterhead 

 and Aberdeen) ; 

 May (Campbel- 

 town). 



June in Sicily. 



August (Day). 

 Summer (Risso). 



June to Aug. 



(Day). 

 Summer (Risso). 

 May to July 



(Dunn) ; April 



(Risso). 



Winter? (Dunn). 



Remarks. 



June to August ; 

 Christiania Fjord 

 (Collett). 



May and J une 

 (Pennant) ; May | 

 and June (F. 0., 

 Montrose) ; win- 

 ter (Willoghby). 



Throughout the 

 year (Nilsson) ; 

 St Andrews, ad- 

 vanced embryos 

 Nov. to Jan. 

 (M'Intosh). 



July (Day) ; June 

 to Aug. (Couch); 

 spring in Dingle 

 Harbour (An- 

 drews). 



Eggs float. 



A few ripe fish in 

 Lochfyne in July 

 and August. 



Eggs float. 



Couch found roe 

 well developed in 

 July. 



Ova well developed 

 in summer (Risso). 



Spring in Mediter- 

 ranean (Risso). 



Eggs float (Dunn). 



Eggs float (Agassiz). 



The Gobies are too 

 small to be of 

 much use as 

 food, but a few 

 are often mixed 

 in consignments 

 of whitebait. 

 Gobius Ruthen- 

 sparri spawns 

 from April to 

 July (Lochfyne). 



