YORKSHIRE—VERTEBRATE FAUNA, xiii 
other forms not allowed to be such. Eight of the Norfolk fishes 
have not occurred in this county, and 33 Yorkshire fishes not in 
Norfolk. 
The Fisheries of the Yorkshire coast are important, and pro- 
duce most of the British food-fishes, the Gadidz being probably 
the most valuable. The coast itself, with its rough rocky ground, 
is unfavourable for trawling inshore, that method of fishing being 
mostly carried on in the North Sea and on the Dogger Bank, 
whilst what is termed the long-line fishing is conducted about ten 
or twenty miles from the coast. Formerly stake-nets were worked 
in Bridlington Bay, which produced Salmon, Salmon-trout and 
Sturgeon, and sometimes rarities like the Swordfish were taken; 
but these have now been discontinued. 
The only previous enumeration of Yorkshire fishes as a whole 
was that which Mr. Meynell read in 1844 to the British Associa- 
tion, a brief abstract only of which was printed in the report. 
This list—which was stated to contain 140 species—does not 
appear to have ever been published, and our endeavours to trace 
the existence of the manuscript have been unsuccessful. This is 
to be regretted, as there can be little doubt that much information 
has thus been lost. , 
There yet remains much work to be done in the study of the 
marine fishes of the Yorkshire coast, chiefly the ascertainment of 
their faunistic position, migratory movements, and relative abun- 
dance. Particular attention should be directed to the collection 
of littoral and rock-pool species, such as the blennies, gobies, 
pipe-fish, and other small forms. The crab and lobster ‘ pots’ are 
attractive to many such, which may be thus easily obtained. The 
varieties of the Common Stickleback also require investiga- 
tion, and also the various species of Grey Mullets which have 
been differentiated within recent years. 
To increase the usefulness of the fish-list, a departure has been 
made from the general plan of the work, by the inclusion of 
the various local names used, so far as we are able to give them. 

