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Latin Name. 



Clupeid^ — cont. 

 Clupea harengus. 



Clupea 2JwZc/iar- 

 dus. 



Clupea sprattus. 



Clupea alosa. 

 Clupea finta. 



Anguilla vul- 

 garis. 

 Conger vulgaris. 



Murcena helena. 

 Gymnodotes. 

 Orthagoriscus 

 mola. 



English Name. 



Herring. 



Pilchard. 

 Sprat. 



All is shad. 

 Twait shad. 



Eel. 



Conger eel. 



Sun fish. 



Spawning period. 



East Coast. 

 Berwick, Ang., 



Sept., Feb., and 



Marcb. 

 Anstruther, Jan. 



and Feb., April. 



and May ; also 



Aug. 

 Montrose, Ang. and 



Sept. 

 Stonehaven, Jan. , 



Feb., and March ; 



Aug., Sept. and 



Oct. 



Aberdeen, Feb. and 



March ; July, 



Aug. and Sept. 

 Peterhead, Feb. and 



March, Aug. and 



Sept. 

 FraserburghjMskTch, 



Aug., and Sept. 

 Buckie, Jan., Feb., 



March, and July, 



Aug., Sept. 

 Helmsdale, Feb, and 



Aug. 

 Wick, Feb, and 



March ; Aug. and 



Sept. 

 Lerwick, Feb. and 



March ; Aug. and 



Sept. 



West Coast. 

 Girvan, Feb, and 



March. 

 Ardrishaig, Aug. 



and Sept. 



Campbeltown, Apr i 1 , 

 July,Aug.,Sept., 

 Oct., Nov., and 

 Dec. 



Stornoway, Feb., 

 Marcb, and July. 



May and June; also 

 Dec. (Dunn). 



Moray Firth and 

 Firth of Forth, 

 May and June 

 (Mathews); Corn- 

 wall, Dec. and 

 Jan. (Day); Firth 

 of Tay, Dec. 

 and Jan. ? (Sim); 

 June and July 

 (F. 0., Stone- 

 haven). 



May and June (Day). 



June and July (Day). 



.lune at StAndreivs. 



Dec. and Jan. (Yar- 

 rell). 



Remarks. 



Carries 44,000- 



49,000 ova. 

 Carries, 50,000 to 



107,000 ova. 



Used to spawn in 

 large numbers in 

 upper part of 

 Lochfyne, but 

 now scarcely any 

 herring spawn in 

 the district. 



