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2. Report on the Pishes obtained by Mr J. Murray in 
Deep Water on the North-West Coast of Scotland, 
between April 1887 and March 1888. By Dr A. 
Gunther, F.R.S., Keeper of the Zoological Department, British 
Museum. (Plates III., IV.) 
In the present paper I propose to give the result of my examina- 
tion of the specimens of fishes which were obtained by Mr John 
Murray on the West Coast of Scotland, whilst dredging during the 
last eleven months on board of the “ Medusa.” Exact observations as 
to the bathymetrical distribution of British fishes at certain seasons 
and localities, such as have been obtained during the cruises of the 
“ Medusa,” are much needed, and if methodically carried out for 
some years, will prove a most valuable contribution to the British 
fauna, especially if they are supplemented by similar reports on the 
invertebrates which were collected simultaneously with, and form 
part of the food of, the fishes. Such reports are in course of 
preparation. However, with few exceptions, the stomachs of the 
fishes that were withdrawn from any considerable depth were 
found to be empty, the contents having been discharged before 
the specimens reached the surface. The number of species of 
fishes collected in this period amounts to forty-seven, three having 
been found for the first time in British waters, or at least close 
to the mainland, viz., Coitus lilljehorgii, Callionymus maculatus, 
and Gadus esmarkii ; a new species. Triglops murrayi, is the 
southern representative of an arctic genus. Common species with- 
out distinct indication of the depth at which they were obtained 
are omitted from this list. 
Raja maculata. Homelyn-Ray. 
An immature female, between Cumbrae and Wemyss Point ; 
30 to 40 fathoms. February. 
Another from the Sound of Sanda ; 20 fathoms. March. Fed 
on crustaceans and sand-eels. 
Five very young specimens (2J to 4J inches across the disk) 
belong to the same species. They were obtained 
