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210 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY<br />
MOTELLA CIMBRIA (Linnaeus) [ENCHELYOPUS CIMBRIUS (Z.)].<br />
PARNELL, pp. 449-461. "I am not aware of the Motella cimbria<br />
(Gadus cimbriiis of Linnaeus) having previously been noticed as<br />
a British fish. It was found in June last, a little to the east of<br />
Inchkeith" (p. 450).<br />
A number of examples of this comparatively rare and local<br />
British fish the Four-bearded Rockling have been captured in the<br />
Firth since Dr. Parnell first discovered it in 1837. Indeed, it may<br />
be regarded as fairly common in deep water in the estuary and off<br />
the Isle of May.<br />
I know of the following records :<br />
Two, from the Firth were sent to Yarrell by<br />
("Brit. Fishes," 2nd ed. vol. ii. p. 275, 1841 ; 3rd<br />
Dr. Edward Clarke<br />
ed. vol. i.<br />
p. 53o).<br />
One, 7.5 inches, captured off the Firth, 8th February, 1886 (Brook,<br />
"Rep. Fish. Board Scot.," 1885, App., pp. 223-224).<br />
One, 9.5 inches, Station 9, i6th May 1889 (Fulton, op. cit. 1889,<br />
part iii. p. 357).<br />
Three, 6, 5, and 5.5 inches, near mouth of Firth, 22nd February<br />
1890 (id. I.e.}.<br />
One, 9.5 inches, Dunbar, 2ist May 1890 (op. cit. 1890, part iii. p. 259).<br />
Two, 9 inches, Station 9, i4th April 1891 (op. cit. 1891, part iii. p. 60).<br />
One, 10.5 inches, Station 9, i2th December 1892 (op. cit. 1892, part<br />
iii.<br />
p. 99).<br />
One, 11.05 inches, east of Inchkeith, 26th December 1893, sent me<br />
by Mr. Thomas Scott, F.L.S.<br />
One, 9 inches, Station 8, iSth April 1894 ("Rep. Fish. Board Scot,"<br />
1894, part iii. p. 47).<br />
One, 13.6 inches, cast up between Portobello and Leith, 25th<br />
October 1898 (Godfrey, "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1899, p. 53).<br />
MOTELLA TRICIRRATA (Block} [GAIDROPSAURUS TRICIRRATUS<br />
(Block}].<br />
Motel/a vu/garis, PARNELL, pp. 354-355. "It is rare in the Firth of<br />
Forth, as well as along the whole of the eastern shores of <strong>Scotland</strong><br />
"(p. 355)-<br />
Parnell gives no data regarding the occurrence of the Threebearded<br />
Rockling in the Firth. The following records have come<br />
under my notice :<br />
Male, 18.5 inches, 7th January 1886, between the Isle of May and<br />
the Bass Rock (Brook, "Rep. Fish. Board Scot.," 1885, App.,<br />
p. 225).
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