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Appendices to Fourth Annual Report 



Latin Name. 



English Name. 



Spawning period. 



Remarks. 



MUGILID^. 



Mugil capito. 

 Mugil chelo. 



Grey mullet. 

 Lesser grey mullet. 



Winter? (Day). 





LABEIDiH. 



Labncs maculatus. 



Ballan-wrasse. 



June at Galway ; 

 May to July, 

 south coast (Day). 



The eggs of several 

 species of Labridae 

 are known to float. 

 Those of Cteno- 

 labrus rupestris 

 do so, and are 

 ripe in June in 

 Lochfyne. 



Gadus mmhua. 



Cod. 



Jan. to April (Day). 



East Coast. 

 Benoick, March and 



April. 

 Anstruther, March. 

 Montrose, middle 



Feb. to end of 



March. 

 Stonehaven, Feb. 



March, April, and 



May. 



Aberdeen, March, 



April, and May. 

 Peterhead, Feb. and 



March. 

 Fraserburgh, Feb. 



and March. 

 Buckie, March. 

 Helmsdale, March 



and April. 

 Wick, Feb. and 



March. 

 Lerwick, Feb. and 



March. 



Eggs float. 



Marcli and April. 



in confinement 

 (Rothesay Aqua- 

 rium). 



A few do not spawn 

 until April and 

 May. 



Gadus ceglefinus. 



Haddock. 



West Coast. 

 Girvan, Marcb and 

 AprU. 



Ardrishaig, Feb. 



and March. 

 Campbeltoxvn, JUar. 



and April. 

 Stornoivay, March 



and April. 



East Coast. 

 Berwick, Feb. and 



March. 

 Anstruther, Feb. to 



middle of March. 

 Montrose, Feb. and 



March. 

 Stonehaven, Feb. 



and March to 



middle of Ai^ril. 

 Aberdeen, Feb., 



March, and April. 



Peterhead, March 



and April. 

 Fraserburgh, Feb. 



and March. 

 Buckie, Feb. 



The majority of 

 those caught in 

 the Sound of 

 Gigha spawn a 

 little earlier. 



Eggs float. 



A specimen was 

 obtained by F. 0., 

 5/6/85, containing 

 ripe roe. 



