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* Trigla lucerna.- High finned gurnard . 
(Dr. Parnell.) 
* Trigla Cuculus.— Red gurnard . Common. 
(Devon and Cornwall.) 
* Peristedion Malarmat (Cuvier.)- Mailed 
gurnard. (See further on.) 
Cottus gobio.—“ Miller's thumb'' Common in 
rivers. 
Cottus scorpius.—“ Father lasher." (Turton and 
Kingston.) 
Mullus surmuletus.— Surmullet. Not common. 
Mugil cephalus.— Mullet. In great abundance. 
Congregate in the estuaries in autumn. 
Atherina Hepsetus.— Atherine , Smelt , or Millet. 
Common in estuaries. 
Scomber vulgaris_ Mackarel. Common. Caught 
for the market principally in autumn. 
Trachurus vulgaris.— Horse mackarel. Rare. 
Zeus Faber.— Doree. Not common. 
Gasterosteus aculeatus.— Stickleback. In ditch¬ 
es and rivulets. This fish is infested by a small 
parasite, capable if dislodged of swimming, and 
again fixing itself on the stickleback. 
Gobius niger.— Groundling. (Turton and King¬ 
ston.) 
Gobius minutus.— Spotted goby. (Turton and 
Kingston.) 
* Centriscus Scolopax.— Trumpet fish. Very 
rare. (Couch.) 
* Serranus gigas, and * Couchii, Zeus Aper, 
* Hsemulon formosum, Lampris Luna, Lepidopus 
argyreus, * Crenilabrus microstoma (Couch) * Cu¬ 
vier’s gurnard, Sciaena aquila, Brama Raii, Scomber 
Pelamis, * Pelamis Sarda, * Labrus Comber, 
* Labrus lineatus, * Julis vulgaris, * Chcetodon— 
(Couch) Trigla adriatica, * Gymnetrus Hawkenii, 
* Trachurus glaucus, and Centronotus ductor, Pilot 
fish have been taken in Cornwall. The * Peristedion 
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