[57] So great is the variation in the snout of the Sturgeon, that Dr. Parnell in his excellent essay on "The Fishes of the District of the Forth," describes the Sharp-nosed Sturgeon as a distinct species under the name of _Acipenser sturio_, and the broad-nosed form he calls _A. latirostris_. His views, however, have not been generally accepted, and only one British species is recognised. The Sharp-nosed variety has been taken here, but the normal form is much more frequent. Sometimes wee meet with a mola or moonefish[58] so called from some resemblance it hath [from _crossed out_] of a crescent in the extreme part of the body from one finne unto another one being taken neere the shoare at yarmouth before breake of day seemed to shiuer & grunt like an hogge as Authors deliuer of it the flesh being hard & neruous it is not like to afford a good dish butt from the Liuer wch is [white _crossed out_] large white & tender somewhat [wee _crossed out_] may bee expected [for _crossed out_] the gills of these fishes wee found thick beset with a kind of sealowse. [Added subsequently] in the yeare 1667 a mola was taken at monsley wch weighed 2 [p _crossed out_] hundred pound. [58] This fish (_Orthagoriscus mola_), which we know as the Sun-fish, has been repeatedly taken here. For an account of its parasites see Cobbold on the "Sun-fish as a host," "Intellectual Observer," ii., p. 82; also Day, "Brit. Fishes," ii., p. 275. According to Dr. Spencer Cobbold the Sun-fish is infested by nine species of Helminths, three of which are mostly found attached to the gills, while a fourth adheres to the surface of the body. The Rana piscatrix or frogge fish[59] is sometimes found in a very large magnitude & wee haue taken the [paynes _crossed out_] care [_written above_] to haue them clend & stuffed. wherein wee obserued all the appendices whereby the[y] cach fishes butt much larger then are discribed in the Icons of Johnstonus tab xi fig 8. [59] Both this species and the Wolf-fish are well known upon our coast. [_Fol. 26_] The sea [wollf _crossed out_] wolf or Lupus nostras of Schoneueldus remarkable for its spotted skinne & notable teeth incisors Dogteeth & grinders the dogteeth [in the _crossed out_] both in the jawes & palate scarce answerable by any fish of that bulk for [strength _crossed out_] the like disposure strength & soliditie. Mustela marina[60] called by some a wesell ling wch salted & dryed becomes a good Lenten dish. [60] Some member of the family _Gadidæ_ is here referred to, probably the five-bearded Rockling, _Motella mustela_, or Brown Whistle-fish of Pennant, which is occasionally taken by our fishermen, but is by no means common.