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moderately deep. One or more are got in most hauls of the trawl] at all 
the Stations, except in Loch Fyne, where it is much less common, No 
specimens have been caught at Stations XV. or XVII.; one was taken at 
Station XVI. in over 60 fathoms. The largest obtained was 49 inches 
(Station L., 30th May (1899). Lophius is sometimes obtained larger than 
any of the Clyde specimens ; in December 1841 Thompson examined one 
that was four and a half feet in length.* 
Fam. TRACHINIDA, Risso. 
Trachinus vipera, Cuvier. The Lesser Weaver. 
Recorded from Arran by Dr. Landsborough in his Natural History 
of Arran, p. 318. He states that the lesser weaver is known to the 
people at Lamlash as the “Stangster” or “ Stang-fish.” 
Fam. Scomprip#&, Cuvier. 
Scomber scombrus, Linné. The Mackerel. 
Shoals of mackerel are occasionally observed both in the Clyde 
estuary and in Loch Fyne, and considerably over a thousand cwts. are 
usually landed by fishermen each year. Dr. Day, though he gives a very 
full description of the habits, habitats, etc., of the mackerel, makes no 
allusion to its occurrence in the Clyde or Loch Fyne, neither is any 
notice taken of its occurrence in these places in the Vertebrate Fauna of 
Argyle and the Inner Hebrides. 
Orcynus thynnus, Linné. The Tunny. 
Pennant records a specimen weighing 460 lbs, taken at Inveraray in 
1769. An example, 9 feet long, was captured in the Gareloch, nearly 
opposite Greenock, in July 1831.f This last specimen is said to have 
been in pursuit of herrings, 
Thynnus pelamys, Linné. The Bonito. 
One was captured in the Clyde in July 1832,¢ and purchased for 
the Andersonian Institute of Glasgow.$ Jenyns is doubtful if the fish 
recorded by Dr. Scouler is the true Thynnus pelamys, but suggests that it 
is more likely to be the next one. 
Pelamys sarda, Bloch. The Belted Bonito. 
One was captured in the Clyde in 1859, and is now in the 
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. 
Fam, CoRYPHENID (part), Swainson. 
Brama rau, Bloch. Ray’s Bream. 
One specimen in the Hunterian Museum was taken near Ayr (H.B., 
p. 188). 
Lampris luna, Gmelin. The Opah or King Fish. 
One was taken in the Clyde in 1833 (Scouler). A specimen of the 
king-fish in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, was captured in the Clyde 
in 1864. 
* Day, British Fishes Vol. 1., p. 76. 
+ Day, British Fishes, Vol. I., p. 97. 
+ Scouler, Mag. Wat. ’ History Y, Vol. VL, p. 529 (1838). 
§ Day, British Fistes, Vol. 1., p. 101. 
