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great rarity; yet the principal species are those occurring also on the 
south-west coast of England and in the Mediterranean. Among these 
may be mentioned— 
Lemon Sole, Solea pegusa ( Yarrell ). 
Variegated Sole, Monochirus variegatus. 
Solenette, M. linguatulus. 
Lock Sole (unrecorded species). 
Scaldfish, Rhombus arnoglossus. 
Mackerel Midge, Motella glauca. 
Two-spotted Goby, Gobius bipunctatus. 
Little ditto, G. minutus. 
Speckled ditto, G. reticulatus. 
Red Mullet, Mullus surmulettus. 
All taken, in deep water, in Dingle Say, and off Ventry Harbour. 
Black Bream, Cantharus griseus. 
Spanish Mackerel, Scomber celias. A specimen of this, weigh¬ 
ing 3 lbs., haying been taken in a herring-net, was sent to me. 
Stone basse, Polyprion cernium. 
Comber Wrasse, Labrus cornier. 
Red ditto, L. trimaculatus. 
,, Crenilabrus microstoma. 
Rainbow Wrasse, Julis Mediterranea. 
I have the pleasure to-night of bringing forward another addition to 
the Ichthyology of Ireland,—a fish peculiarly Mediterranean,—the boar- 
fish, Capros aper of Lacep. and Risso, Zeus aper of Linnaeus. This little 
fish, Perea pusilla (Brunnich ), so remarkable for its beauty and rarity, 
was taken in a trawl off Ventry Harbour, in soundings of fine soft sand, 
and was secured for me through the vigilance of one of the most expe¬ 
rienced and intelligent of the Dingle fishermen, Mr. Eugene Moriarty. 
Whenever anything remarkable has been obtained, and in the ground 
of the most valuable marketable fish, the soundings, &c., are duly recorded. 
Thus, off Ventry the bearings are:—Old Man, opening in the Sound of 
the Blaskets, bearing N. W.; the Eastern White House at Ventry, a 
sail’s-breadth open of the west point, bearing H. E. by H.; the eastern 
point of the Bay open of Minard Point, bearing E. by S. 27 fathoms, 
fine sand. Standing in:—Ventry houses, opening of the west point; 
Minard, touching Bull Head; Mount Eagle, on the western point of 
Ventry, bearing H. V. W. 20 fathoms, fine soft sand; closer in, Crow 
Rock, in with the tower of Bing-Bong Head, bearing E. half H.; Minard 
Point shut in. 
These were the grounds of many of the fish that I have submitted 
to your notice, and the locality of the capture of the present. 
On reference to the several books of British ichthyology, there appear 
only to be two records of the capture of the Capros aper on the coasts of 
England,—one taken in Mount’s Bay, coast of Cornwall, in October, 
1825; the other obtained in the Bridgewater fish-market, in April, 
