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of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 274 
The following abbreviations are also used :— 
(B. & 8.) Refers to the list of Loch Fyne fishes published in the Fourth 
Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
(Gitnther) Refers to Dr. Giinther’s paper published in the Proceedings of the 
Royal Society, Edinburgh, 1888, Vol. XV., pp. 205-220. 
(H.B.) Refers to the separ ate reprint of the List of Fishes published in 
Harvey-Brown and Buckley’s work on the Vertebrate Fauna of Argyle 
and the Inner Hebrides. 
(G.) Refers to the ‘‘ Garland’s ” statistics. 
(M.) Refers to MS. records for Loch Fyne of the s.s, ‘‘ Medusa,” showing 
some of the records obtained by Sir John Murray while investigating 
the marine fauna and flora of the West Coast. 
SUB-CLASS TELEOSTEI. 
Order ACANTHOPTERYGII. 
Fam. PERcIDz. 
Polyprion americanus (Bl. Schneider). The Stone Basse. 
This is the Polyprion cernium of Day’s British Fishes. ‘One was 
taken years ago at the mouth of the Clyde” (Affalo). “It was also taken 
off Little Cumbrae in 1870 by Dr. J. Young” (H.B. p. 184). The Stone 
Basse appears to be only an occasional visitor to the Clyde, for although 
it is included in the Vertebrate Fauna of Argyle and the Inner Hebrides 
the above is the only locality for the species given by the authors. 
Fam. Mui, Swainson. 
Mullus barbatus, Linné. Surmullet, Red Mullet. 
Loch Fyne (Captain Campbell of Inverneil). Captain Campbell in 
referring to this species says:—“I caught oue in Loch Fyne . . in 
a trammel net in 10 fathoms, and though I tried in many places for them 
I never got another ” (see H. B. iD. 185). 
Fam. Sparip#, Cuvier. 
Pagellus centrodontus (De la Roche). The Common Sea Bream. 
One specimen of Pagellus centrodontus was taken by Mr. M. P. Bell 
at Cumbrae, on July 12th, 1885 (see Robertson in Proc. N.H.S. Glasgow, 
Vol. I., p. 119). When at Tarbert in 1885-86, I remember seeing a 
specimen which was washed ashore in East Loch Tarbert, and which ap- 
peared to have been but a short time dead. It was probably captured in 
the nets of the herring boats fishing in the vicinity of Hast Tarbert and 
having been thrown back into:the sea had drifted ashore. In the 
Vertebrate Fauna of Argyle and the Inner Hebrides, Pagellus centrodontus 
is described as “locally numerous throughout the West of Scotland.” 
The species is sometimes brought in in large numbers to the fish market 
at Aberdeen. 
Fam, Corripa. 
Cottus scorpius, Linné. The Sea Scorpion. 
Cottus scorpius is generally distributed throughout the Clyde and 
Loch Fyne, but it seems to be more frequent inshore than in deep water. 
‘Two immature specimens were taken between Cloch Lighthonse and 
