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FISHES. 
as I am informed by the Eev. Walter Gordon of Macduff, 
it has been met with in the Moray Firth." 
70. Echeneis remora, L. Remora. 
Family TRACHINID-S. 
71. Trachinus vipera, G. and V. Viper Weever. 
Found along the sandy shores of the east coast ; taken by the 
seine-net at the Little Ferry. 
Found also at Wick. Much feared by bathers and waders, as 
it hides in the sand with its dorsal fin protruding, a wound 
from which is sure to fester. This species seems to be 
commoner in the south of the Firth than the west. 
72. Trachinus draco, L. Greater Weever. 
Often caught in the herring-nets at Wick. The Caithness 
name for both these species is " Stang Fish." 
Family PEDICULATI. 
73. Lophius piscatorius, L. The Angler. 
"Wide Gab." Caithness name — " Mers-gim." Numbers of 
these fish were taken by Mr. Houstoun in his skate-nets off 
Kintradwell this year (1884). 
Mr. Eeid mentions in Zand and Water that one of these 
fish was caught on the surface by some fishermen holding 
a live gull in its mouth. The gull they let go, but killed 
the angler for the sake of its liver. 
