Life of a Scotch naturalist, Thomas Edward : associate of the Linnean society / by Samuel Smiles.
- Date:
- 1876
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Life of a Scotch naturalist, Thomas Edward : associate of the Linnean society / by Samuel Smiles. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Squatina vttlgaeis \Tlie Angel Fish], or as it is here called (like the Angler), the Sea-devil, is sometimes procured. A large specimen was cast into our harbour during the winter of 1851. ToEPEDO TULGAEis [The Ommp-fish or Electric Ray}. A specimen of this tish is said to have been taken about six miles off Loggie Head, near Cullen, in 1817. Others are stated as having been caught. Raja oxyehtnchtjs \_The Sharp-nosed Slcatel. Large individuals of this species are sometimes taken, with the more frequent of our Kays. One measurhig upwards of seven feet in length, and over five in breadth, was captured by our fishermen some years ago. Eaia intermedia [The Flapper Skate]. A small skate, agreeing in many essential points with the flapper, was taken, in a bag-net set for salmon, some years ago, said to be a young one of the above species, and as such I include it here. Raia batis [TJie Blue or Gray Skate] and Eaia clavata [The Tliornbacic]. Taken, occasionally, in great numbers ; the former being the most numerous and the most prized. Rata radiata [Tlie Starry Ray]. This small species is picked up now and then. Peteomtzon maeinus [The Lamprey], or, as it is called here, the Lamper Eel, is often met with. Peteomyzon flutiatilis [The River Lamprey]. Considered rare. A very fine specimen was taken in the Deveron, some years since. Peteomyzon Planeei [Planer^s Lamprey or Lampem] has also occuiTed. These fish are generally termed Nine-ee'd Eels, and are by no means held in high estimation. Gasteobeanohus ciECUS [The Myxine or Ghitinoiis Mag]. This very curious and singular animal, whether you call it a fish or a worm, is of frequent occurrence. ADDITIONS. Peeca fltjviatilis [Perch]. Several of these fishes have been taken in the Deveron. Teigla BloCHII [Rloch's Gamiard] in the Moray Firth, at Banff. An example of this gurnard (or, as we call them, cruuacks) was captured here in a rock-pool. (See p. 281.) I am not aware of the species ever having been detected on this part of the coast before.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2192983x_0470.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
