PLATE XXI. 
mentioned on the authority of the British Zoology only ; we there- 
fore conclude it has not been hitherto discovered on any other than 
the British coasts, where it is perfectly local and very rare. 
To Mr. Pennant we are indebted for the first account of this fish : 
he was so fortunate as to discover it some years ago on the coast of 
Anglesea, off the Skerry Islands. The lengdi of his specimen was 
ten inches ; but we procured both sexes at the same place, and of a 
size rather larger, the female measuring fourteen Inches in length, 
and the male twelve. 
