Volume 9 - Electric Scotland

pectoral fins. TRACHINUS DRACO, Linnaus.
FISHES OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 207
little doubt that this supposed flying-fish was a specimen of the
Sapphirine Gurnard a species remarkable for the size of its
EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1900, p. 10.
Additional Records. The following specimens of the Greater
Weever were captured by the " Garland " :
9, 10 inches, Station i,
i2th February 1888 ("Rep. Fish.
Board Scot.," 1888, part
iii. p. 212).
One, 12 inches, Station 6, 2gth August 1895 (P- & l8 95> P art in ''>
P- 43)-
Professor M'Intosh, in his "Resources of the Sea," Table XII.,
indicates that ten examples were taken by the " Garland," 1886-1895
:
three in February 1889 ;
six in March 1889; one in August 1889.
TRACHINUS VIPERA, Cuv. and VaL
PARNELL, pp. 172-174. "Very seldom seen in the Firth of Forth."
Four occurrences are mentioned, three for Musselburgh and
one for Queensferry (p. 173).
The Lesser Weever is not at the present time to be regarded
as an uncommon species in the Firth. The fish mien at North
Berwick inform me that they frequently capture it when netting for
Sand-Launces in June.
The late Mr. Gray describes it as common in shallow water over
the Tyne sands ("Zoologist," 1849, p. 2519); and other specimens
have since, to my knowledge, been captured near D unbar. The
Marine Zoology Committee of the Royal Physical Society record its
abundance in the season of 1860 in spots where much ulvee and
enteromorpha grew.
On 1 8th October 1890, a young specimen, 15 mm., was taken
by the " Garland," at Station i ("Rep. Fish. Board Scot.," 1890,
part iii. p. 337).
Tunny
:
ORCYNUS THYNNUS (Linnaus).
EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1900, p. 10.
The following are additional records of the occurrence of the
One, 9 feet, 'captured near Queensferry in October 1868
(Walker, "Scot. Nat.," vol. ii. p. 195).
One, weighing 5 cwt., Firth of Forth, November 1868 (Day,
"Brit. Fishes," vol. i. p. 97).