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208 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY BRAMA RAII, Block. PARNELL, pp. 209-210. "In the Firth of Forth it has occurred frequently" (p. 210). In spite of Dr. Parnell's statement as to its frequence in the Firth, I can find very little subsequent information regarding the occurrence of Ray's Bream, and this refers to a single visitation only Ṫhe winter of 1850 witnessed a marked immigration of this fish to the shores of the east coast of Britain, during which several were cast ashore in the Firth, from the end of November onwards (R. F. Logan, "Zoologist," 1851, p. 3058). LAMPRIS LUNA (Gmelin). PARNELL, p. 224, indicates that the Opah has occurred on seven occasions in the Firth. During recent years, I have noted two occurrences, namely : a fine specimen captured at Aberdour on the nth of October 1890; and one, 4 feet long and weighing 103 Ibs., caught off North Queensferry on or about the 26th of July 1898. XlPHIAS GLADIUS, LilinCRUS. " PARNELL, pp. 215-217. Specimens have occasionally been seen in the Firth of Forth at a considerable distance from the mouth of the estuary. In the year 1826, an individual that measured 7 feet in length was found stranded on the 'banks between Stirling and Alloa" (p. 216). The only additional record that has come under my notice of the occurrence of the Swordfish in the Firth, is that of one taken in the salmon-nets at Bo'ness, on the i7th of July 1893. This specimen was 8 feet 2 inches in length, of which the " sword," measured from the tip to the front of the lower jaw, was 2 feet 5 inches. It is now in the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow (J. M'Naught Campbell, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1893, P- 2 47)- SCUENA AQUILA, Laccpede. PARNELL, pp. 200-202. "A specimen about 3! feet in length was taken a short time since in the Firth of Forth" (p. 201). The only additional record of the Maigre, of which I am aware, refers to one 3 feet 2 inches in length, captured in the Firth in July 1878, and exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Physical Society on the 1 5th of January 1879 ("Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin.," vol. v - P- 374).
FISHES OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 209 LIPARIS MONTAGUI (Donovaii). EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat Hist.," 1900, p. n. Montagu's Sucker was, I believe, first recorded for the Firth of Forth in the year 1890, when several immature and post-larval specimens were captured by the " Garland " (MTntosh, " Rep. Fish. Board Scot.," 1889, part iii. pp. 288, 336, 337). Since 1890, a number of specimens, chiefly of similar age, were taken by the " Garland," both at the surface and on the bottom, at the various stations in the Firth. Four miles east of the Isle of May, a specimen, 3 mm., was taken in the 10 fathom tow -net, and one 9 mm. in the bottom net, on nth May 1891. LABRUS MIXTUS, Linnceus. Labrus carneus, PARNELL, pp. 255-259. " Dr. Neill has recorded it in the ' Wernerian Transactions ' [i. p. 538] as found in the Firth of Forth. In this locality it is undoubtedly a rare fish, as not a single specimen has occurred to me from that quarter " (P- 259). To this I can only add a single record one that I should like to see confirmed. The late Mr. Robert Gray ("Zoologist," 1849, P- 2 5 J S) says " that the ballan wrasse (Labrus maculatus), and the red or trima- " culated wrasse (L. carneus} are " common in some localities near the shore " at Dunbar. GADUS MINUTUS, Linncei/s. EAGLE CLARKE, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1900, pp. 13-14. Though not an abundant species in the Firth, yet the Power Cod cannot be considered a rarity. In his " Resources of the Sea," Professor M'Intosh indicates (Table XI.) that sixty-six mature examples were obtained by the " Garland," in the decade 1886-1895. MERLUCCIUS VULGARIS (Cuvier) [MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS (Z.)]. PARNELL, pp. 350-352. "About two years ago, a single specimen was taken in a stake-net near Musselburgh, and sent to the Edinburgh market, where it appeared to be unknown " (p. 351). The Hake is evidently an uncommon fish in the Firth. During the eleven years' trawling experiments conducted on board the " Garland," thirty-two examples only were captured, seven of which were immature. They were captured in all parts of the Firth below Inchkeith, and at all seasons of the year. The largest of these was 40 inches in length, and was taken at Station 5, on the 3oth May 1893. 36 C
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