. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. THE BLACK SEA-BREAM IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH 149 its greatest depth about 5-!- inches ; so that it was clearly a full-grown specimen. Its general colour was silvery-grey, darker above and paler beneath, very much the same as in a salmon. The species is not included in Parnell's well-known Essay on the Fishes of the Firth of Forth, published in 1837; but in Giinther's Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum, a specimen—from the Parnell collection— from the Firth of Forth, is mentioned. When at the British
. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. THE BLACK SEA-BREAM IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH 149 its greatest depth about 5-!- inches ; so that it was clearly a full-grown specimen. Its general colour was silvery-grey, darker above and paler beneath, very much the same as in a salmon. The species is not included in Parnell's well-known Essay on the Fishes of the Firth of Forth, published in 1837; but in Giinther's Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum, a specimen—from the Parnell collection— from the Firth of Forth, is mentioned. When at the British Museum a few weeks ago, Mr. Eagle Clarke had, through the courtesy of Mr. Boulenger, an opportunity of. seeing this specimen, which he tells me is labelled simply " Firth of Forth ; presented by Dr. R. Parnell, January 4, ; It is about 15 ins. in length, and I think we may assume that it was captured in 1838. The example I now have the pleasure of recording would thus appear to be but the second that has been obtained in the Firth, and the first to which a precise locality and date can be assigned. The species, which is abundant in the Mediterranean and adjacent parts of the North Atlantic, occurs, according to Day's " British Fishes," not infrequently along the west and south coasts of England, but becomes rare in the North Sea, where it has, however, been met with off the north of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Edinburgh : David Douglas
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