r.:5 
IDE. 
Cypi ■inns idus, Linn^us. 
Lemiiscus idma, CuviEE. Bloch ; pi. 36. 
” Taerell; Br. Fishes, vol. i, p. 395. 
fi Vi authority for placing this species among British 
es is Stewart, in his “Elements,” etc., who says that an 
obtained from the mouth of the Nith by Dr. 
, ^ since been recognised, and its claims 
ere ore must be regarded as doubtful. It is minutely 
esciibed by Artedi under its Swedish name of Id, and also 
y Eksti'om, who says it is common in Scandinavia, as far 
^orth as Lapland. It also wanders into the bays of the 
1C Sea, where the water is known to be much more fresh 
^ an in the open ocean. Several of the fishes of this family 
® so, and it is just possible that this species may have done 
the same. 
