of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 284 
Molua molva, Linné. The Ling. 
The ling, though not uncommon in the Clyde, is not very often 
captured by the “ Garland,” and rarely more than one or two specimens 
are obtained. in any single haul made by the beam-trawl. 
Onos mustela, Linné. The Five-bearded Rockling. 
Taken between tide marks in East Loch Tarbert; not common 
(B. &S.). 
Onos cimbrius, Linné. The Four-bearded Rockling. 
“Very common, and generally distributed in the Clyde area at depths 
varying from 6 to 65 fathoms in April, to 70 and 90 fathoms in July and 
August, to 100 fathoms in November at Upper Loch Fyne and Kilbrennan 
Sound, at 37 to 46 fathoms in December,” &c. (Giinther). Motella cimbria 
is frequently captured in the shrimp-trawl of the Fishery steamer 
“Garland,” but rarely in quantities, usually only one or a very few speci- 
mens being taken at oue time. 
Onos tricirratus, Bloch, The Three-bearded Rockling. 
The three-bearded rockling has been taken in Rothesay Bay and 
other parts of the Clyde area, but appears to be rare. Part III. of the 
Sixteenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland contains 
records of the capture of a few specimens in Upper Loch Fyne. 
Onos maculatus, Risso. The Spotted Rockling. 
“Loch Fyne, 40 fathoms; Mull of Cantyre, 65 fathoms” (Giinther), 
This species somewhat resembles the last, but the front teeth are large. 
If Onos tricirratus and maculatus be really distinct species, the Clyde 
specimens should perhaps be all included under the latter name. 
Raniceps raninus, Collet. The Lesser Fork-Beard, Tadpole Hake. 
A specimen of the lesser fork-beard was recorded from Loch Fyne by 
the late Dr. Scoular.* 
Fam. Opuipmp®, Miiller. 
Ammodytes lanceolatus, Le Sauvage. Greater Sand Launce or Sand Eel. 
Taken occasionally in the neighbourhood of East Loch Tarbert 
(B. &S.). “Taken in the vicinity of Sanda Island, Sound of Sanda 
Cantyre. The young numerous about the end of March” (Giinther), 
Fam. PLEvRONECTIDA, Risso. 
Hippoglossus vulgaris (Fleming). The Halibut. 
The halibut is occasionally taken in Loch Fyne (B. & §.), but it is 
usually of small size. 
Mr. Duthie, Fishery Officer at Girvan, states in Jit. :—“ Halibut are 
frequently got here in spring, though they cannot be called plentiful. On 
the 25th of March this year (1899) one boat landed four ewts., caught 
between Ailsa Craig and the Mull of Cantyre ; the fish were of all sizes ~ 
up to 112 lbs. or more—just what would have been a fair sample of 
Shetland-caught fish. I believe they are more plentiful in the 
neighbourhood of the ‘Mull’ than here, but an occasional fish is got all 
round this part of the Firth in the spring months when great-lines are 
*Proc. Nat, Hist. Soc. Glasgow, Vol. I., p, 8 (1868). 
