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(Giinther). The shagteen ray is occasionally captured by the “Garland,” 
but is apparently not very common in the Clyde. 
Raia clavata, Linné. Thornback Ray or Thorny. 
“One adult female was obtained in 26 fathoms in Kilbrennan Sound, 
and an immature male 17 inches wide in 24 fathoms between Sanda 
Island and Ailsa Craig. The contents of the stomach of the latter 
specimen consisted of small fish and crustaceans” (Giinther). The Thorny 
is one of the more common of the fishes captured in the Clyde by the 
Fishery steamer ‘“ Garland,” but the specimens are mostly of small size, 
and_-very few of them extend beyond 25 or 30 inches across the disk. 
Raia maculata, Montagu. The Spotted Ray, or Homelyn Ray. 
‘“‘An immature female was captured between Cumbrae and Wemyss 
Point in 30 to 40 fathoms. Another from the Sound of Sanda from 20 
fathoms, One or two very young specimens from 24 to 44 inches across 
the disk were obtained off Ardrossan and off Whiting Bay” (Giinther). 
The spotted ray is occasionally captured by the “Garland,” but the 
specimens are usually of small size. One measuring 18 inches across the 
disk was taken in the vicinity of Ailsa Craig on April 27th, and one 10 
inches across the disk at Station VI. on May 25th, 1897. A small 
specimen a little over 7 inches across the disk is in the collection of fishes 
in the Laboratory at Bay of Nige. | 
Raia circularis, Couch. The Cuckoo Ray, Sandy Ray. 
“An adult male, 14 inches across the disk, and a very young female, 
32 inches broad, were obtained in the Sound of Sanda at a depth of 20 
fathoms on March 10th; another adult male, also from the Sound of 
Sanda, was obtained at 49 fathoms on March 17th, 1888” (Giinther). 
The cuckoo ray has been taken by the “Garland” in Whiting Bay, in 
the vicinity of Sanda Island, in the vicinity of Ailsa Craig, and in 
various parts of Upper Loch Fyne. It does not appear to be a very rare 
fish in the Clyde area. 
SUB-CLASS CYCLOSTOMATA. 
Fam. MyxiInip&, 
Myzxine glutinosa, Linné. ‘The Hag-fish. 
The hag-fish has been taken at Rothesay in the Clyde area. It is 
said to be numerous and most destructive to the line fishes off Girvan 
(ILB., p. 225). Ido not remember having seen Myaine in the Clyde. 
SUB-CLASS LEPTOCARDII 
Fam. CIRRHOSTOMI. 
Branchiostoma lanceolata, Pallas. The Lancelet. 
“Amphioxus” is “taken plentifully in suitable ground in the 
Clyde area” (H.B., p. 225). Mr. Gray, of the Millport Marine Station, 
states, in a letter to me, that ‘‘over a dozen specimens of this little fish 
were taken on a bank between Little Cumbrae and Hunterston, locally 
known as the Dogger Bank.” Dr. James Bryce, in his Geology of 
Arran and Clydesdale (1865), p. 250, remarks that the Amphioxus 
has been dredged at the north end of Holy Island, and has been obtained 
in Lamlash Bay, as well as near Millport. Dr. Landsborough also 
speaks of having found it when dredging near Cumbrae. 
