A history of the fishes of the British Islands . A—Parasitic on the gills of the —Parasitic on the skin ot tlic 381 as LONGER SUNFISII. Ortliagoriscus ollongus, Block, Schneider. Yarrell; Br. Fislies, vol. ii, p. 469. trnncatiis, Fleming; Bi-. Animals, p. 175. Donovan; Bl. il. Ceplialus ollongus, Cuvier. Although the Longer Sunfish is perhaps as widely distributedthe Shorter fish, for it is found at the Cape of Good Hope,it is far from being equally common; as will appear from thebrevity of our enumeration of the places where it has beenmet Avith. It was first made known as
A history of the fishes of the British Islands . A—Parasitic on the gills of the —Parasitic on the skin ot tlic 381 as LONGER SUNFISII. Ortliagoriscus ollongus, Block, Schneider. Yarrell; Br. Fislies, vol. ii, p. 469. trnncatiis, Fleming; Bi-. Animals, p. 175. Donovan; Bl. il. Ceplialus ollongus, Cuvier. Although the Longer Sunfish is perhaps as widely distributedthe Shorter fish, for it is found at the Cape of Good Hope,it is far from being equally common; as will appear from thebrevity of our enumeration of the places where it has beenmet Avith. It was first made known as a British fish by , who has given a representation of one which was takenin Mounts Bay; where two others were obtained in the year1855. One of large size is recorded as having been taken atPlymouth. Donovans specimen was caught in the BristolChannel; and IMr. Dillwyn mentions it as washed on shore atSwansea. Two or three have been procured in Ireland, andfrom the evidence of Dr. Deguid there is reason to has occurred in Orkney. An example had wandered intothe newly-made lock of the canal at Charlston, in
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