PARISH OF TEMPLEMORE. 
LACEPEDE. 
1st Species. 
Catulus maximus, 
Squalus stellaris. 
Le Squale Rockier. 
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2nd Species. 
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Catulus major. 
Catulus minor. 
Squalus Catulus. 
Le Squale Roussette. 
CUVIER. 
Is if Species. 
Squalus canicula. 
La grande Roussette. 
2nd Species. 
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Squalus stellaris. 
Squalus catulus. 
Le petite Rockier. 
Le Squale Rockier, 
FLEMING. 
Is* Species. 
Catulus maximus. ^ 
Squalus stellaris. J 
2nd Species. 
S Catulus major, 
i Squalus catulus. 
The confusion is one of terms only, as regards the three first writers, though it has doubtless been 
in part the cause of Fleming’s mistake, in his quotation of Lacepede’s opinion. 
In placing the specimen under consideration in the species Scyllium stellare, or Spotted 
Dog-fish, the position of the fins, as compared with the plates of Lacepede, has been the leading 
guide. It was a female : and, when its small size is considered, the impossibility of forming any 
specific determination on a character so uncertain, in the present limited state of knowledge either 
of growth or maturity in fishes, must be admitted. In form it agrees entirely with the plate given 
by Lacepede of “ Le Squale Rockier.” Its ventral fins are disjoined, and the spots are small 
and numerous—agreeing in that point with Cuvier’s description of the Great, (“ & petites taches 
nombreuses,”) and with Fleming’s of the Small Scyllium. On the whole—it may be fairly stated 
that a new consideration of this genus is necessary, and that, in such consideration, size should be 
entirely left out of view. It may be added that Fleming’s description of the position, in his 
great Spotted Dogfish, of the first dorsal nearly over the ventrals, corresponds with the plate of 
Lacepede, cited by Cuvier under “ La petite Roussette.” 
Dimensions, &c.Extreme length 2f. 4i. ; between root of pectoral fins and root of anal 
fin If. ; ventral fins half-way between pectoral and anal, reckoning from the root, or beginning, of 
each ; anal fin half-way between ventral and caudal; 1st dorsal half-way between ventral and anal; 
2d dorsal half-way between anal and caudal; from lip to snout 1 inch ; nostrils ‘ rd of an inch from 
lips, with each a valvular lobe; under the nose 4 regular rows of pores ; colour dusky grey ; 
belly white ; form slender. The tendrils of one of its purses, or eggs, were seen protruding from 
the belly; and, when pulled, two of these singular bodies were extracted, having between them a 
length of tendril equal at least to If. 6i., and the same quantity attached to the opposite end of 
the inner one. Eggs of various sizes, but without their horny covering', were found within the 
animal, and a small portion also of unattached tendril, perhaps broken from that extracted. The 
stomach contained fragments of Crustacea, and valves of shells. The eggs, commonly called 
“ Sailors’ Purses,” have in Ireland the poetic name of “ Mermaids’ Purses.” 
2. Raia rubus, Rough Ray. The stomach contained numerous fragments of Crustacea. 
Osseous. 
3. Syngnathus, Pipe-fish. Syngnathus acus, Sea Adder of Cornwall. 
Malacopterygeous. 
4. Salmo Salar; Common Salmon. Mr. Daniells, long employed as a clerk on the Foyle 
Fishery, has collected much valuable information on the habits of this fish. From numerous ex¬ 
periments he ascertained that the male salmon was the sole labourer in the arduous operation of 
forming the spawning trough. Of many taken for trial the males were found with snouts scratched 
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