FISHES. 
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1. Gastrosteus pungitius, L. Ten-spined Stickleback. 
2. Gastrosteus spinachia, L. Fifteen-spined Stickleback. 
Caithness name — " Horscfish." 
Common among the shore pools both in Banffshire and 
"Wick, in which latter place Mr. Peach has seen the nests 
both of this species and G. acukatus. Dr. Joass had a 
specimen in the Aquarium at Dunrobin. 
Division ACANTHOPTEEYail CENTKISCIFOEMES. 
Family CENTRISCID^. 
3. Centriscus scolopax, L. Trumpet-fish; Sea Snipe. 
Division ACANmOPTEEYGIl GOBIESOCIFOEMES. 
Family GOBIESOCID^. 
4. Lepadogaster gouanii, iact^?. Cornish Sucker. 
5. Lepadogaster decandollii (Day), Connemara Sucker. 
6. Lepadogaster bimaculatus {Penn.). Doubly -spotted 
Sucker. 
A specimen is recorded by Day, Brit. Fishes, vol. i. p. 193, as 
having been taken at Lossiemouth, which was attached to a 
shell, and drawn up by a fisherman's line. 
Division ACANTHOPTEEYGII T^NIIFOEMES. 
Family TRACHYPTERID^. 
7. Trachypterus arcticus {Briinn). Deal-fish. 
Day, Brit. Fishes, vol. i. p. 219, says, under this heading: 
" 1847, one 3 feet long, at Burghead, Moray Firth (Martin), 
