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EISHES. 
Family NOTIDANID^. 
8. Notidanus griseus {Gm.). Grey Notidanus. 
Edwards mentions a large specimen of this shark taken in the 
Firth, and brought on shore at Whitehills in December 
1857 ; it was afterwards bought for and placed in the 
Banff Museum. 
- Family SCYLLID^. 
9. Scyllium canicula (X.). Small-spotted Dogfish. 
Common on the west coast, where we have taken it on long 
lines off Stoir Head. Edwards mentions it too as being 
occasionally taken off Banff. 
10. Scyllium stellare {L.). Large-spotted Dogfish. 
11. Pristiurus melanostomus, Bonap. Black-mouthed Dog- 
fish. 
[Mr. Edwards of Banff says he is led to believe that this 
species does occasionally occur in the Moray Firth, but 
gives no actual instance of its capture.] 
Family SPINACID^. 
12. Acanthias vulgaris, Eisso. Picked Dogfish. 
An abundant species ; often picked up dead along the shore, 
generally in autumn; very destructive to herrings in the 
net. Particularly abundant on the west coast of Suther- 
land in July 1882. 
Caithness name — "Sea Doug." In Caithness the liver was 
once used for making oil for the lamps with rush pith 
wicks ; paraffin has now superseded this ; the flesh is dried 
without salt, and eaten raw (Peach). 
