NOTES ON INTERESTING FISHES, &c., SENT TO THE 
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. By Tuomas Scort. 
An Extra Large ‘ Squid.’ 
Ommatostrephes todarus, D’Orbigny., 
Ommastrephes todarus, Forbes and Hanley. 
‘is <3 Gosse. 
Loligo sagittata, Alder. 
ie $5 Fleming. 
This specimen, which was captured by hand in shallow water, a mile or 
so to the west of Granton, is of unusual size, as the following measure- 
ments show. 
Length, from posterior end of body to tip of 
longest arms, 4 feet 1 inch. 
Length from posterior end of. body to i st of 
mantle, . : 214 inches. 
Length of head from edge of mantle, a 
Length of tentacles, ; . : ae 
Length of arms, : : : : 16 a 
Breadth of body, .. : : 52 Cs, 
Breadth from tip to tip of fins, é ‘ 144 —SCs, 
Length of fin, s ; , TOE. c., 
Length of shell (or ‘bone’), : : ; 202 ss, 
Breadth of shell (or ‘bone’), . : : £ ys 
Diameter of large sucker, . : : ef 
The usual size of this species is very much less, being as a rule about 
12 to 15 inches long, exclusive of the tentacles, with a breadth of 3 or 33. 
Its distribution is European, and it has been recorded from several 
localities on the Scottish coasts. 
O. todarus, D’Orbigny, differs from O. sagittatus, Lam., in the shell 
having a rib along the middle and one along each edge, instead of two to 
four ribs on each side of the mid rib, as in the last. 
The suckers are also each ‘ encircled by a horny denticulated ring,’ 
which does not seem to be the case with those of O. sagittatus. 
