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MARINE FAUNA OF ST. ANDREWS. 
Subkingdom VER TEBRA TA . 
Class PISCES. 
Contrasted with the extreme shores of Britain the fish-fauna 
of St. Andrews bay exhibits certain interesting differences, 
though of course its features are common to many other parts 
of the north-east coast. There are, for instance, no shoals of 
young wrasses (chiefly Jago’s goldsinny) gliding amongst 
the seaweeds, or swarms of grey mullets, as in the tide-runs of 
the sandy flats and inland seas of the western shores—no large 
rock-fishes (Ballan wrasses) hiding like dark shadows under the 
tangles, groups of black gobies between tide-marks, or of 
young congers breaking the border of the flowing tide into 
a seething expanse, as in the quiet bays of the southern 
parts, just as the “ schulls ” of glittering pilchards do on the 
surface of the open water. The curious Hippocampi, exquisite 
red mullets, and the splendid conger-fishing also belong to 
the latter region, together with the abundance of the smaller 
sharks in-shore. The sandy western shores of England are 
also distinguished by the greater variety of large Pleuro- 
nectidse, and the frequent occurrence of red gurnards, angel¬ 
fishes, and spotted rays. The adjoining bay, moreover, does 
not present that richness of finny life—from the little bimacu- 
lated sucker nestling beside its ova in the hollows of the 
