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Fishes of Great Yarmouth.—I read with great pleasure in the December issue of 'The Zoologist' (1897, p. 539) Mr. Patterson's long and interesting list of the Fishes of Great Yarmouth. There is, however, one point I wish to pass a remark upon, viz. in speaking upon Scorpæna dactyloptera he says: "Found a specimen of this rare British fish (the second for Great Britain) in a shrimper's catch on April 29th, 1894." This species is of quite frequent occurrence along the east coast of Scotland. I have seen them in the Aberdeen market many times within the past twenty years, often in dozens at a time, and on several occasions from 1 to 4½ cwt, the latter being on July 9th, 1890. For observations on this species I would refer Mr. Patterson to the 'Annals of Scottish Natural History' for October, 1893.— (52, Castle Street, Aberdeen).