THE FAUNA OF LIVEKPOOL. 



Genus GOBIO. 

 GoBio Fluviatilis. The Gudgeon. 



In the Alt river. — Mr. Parke. In the Leeds canal.— Jl/r. Brockholes. Streams 

 in Lancashire wldch join the Mei-sej-. — Mr. N. Cooke. 

 Genus TINCA. 

 Tinca Vulgaris. The Tench. 



Common in ponds. In the Alt and Weaver rivers. 

 Genus ABEAMIS. 

 Abramis Brama. The Bream. The Carp Bream. 



In the rivers Weaver, Dee, and Alt. Also in ponds in Lancashire. 

 Abramis Blicca. The White Bream, or Bream Flat. 

 Taken in the river Weaver. — Mr. N. Cooke. 



Genus LEUCISCUS. 

 Leuciscus Rutilus. The Roach. 



The common fish of onr ponds, and of most streams in Lancashire and Wirral. 

 Leuciscus Vulgabis. The Dace, Dare, or Dart. 



Ponds ahout AMiithy. Cheshire. River Dee. Rare in the Weaver. Mr. E. 

 Parke kimlly supplied me with specimens from the river Alt, near Sephton, 

 where they are called "Graining;" they were sent to Mr. Yarrell, who at once 

 agreed that they were Dace. 

 Leuciscus Lancastriensis. The Graining. 



Mr. Yan-eU, quotuig from Pennant (British Fishes, Vol. 1st, page 406.) gives 

 "the Mersey near Wanington, and the river Alt which nms by Sephton," as 

 the localities for this fish. Mr. Y. also remarks that " several streams in 

 Burton Wood and Sankey which flow into the Jlersey near Wamngton, and 

 others in or near the township of Knowsley which also form the Alt, produce 

 the Graining in gi-eat numbers." By the kindness of Mr. N. Cooke, I have 

 been put in possession of specimens of the true Graining from the Weaver, 

 which differ much fi'oni the Dace (locally Graining) of the Alt, both in size 

 and general appearance, together mth other peculiarities which are weU laid 

 down in Mr. Yarrell's work. They are abundant in the streams about War- 

 rington, whilst the Dace ai'e extremely scarce there. Whether the Gi-aining 

 exists in the streamlets which go to form the Alt or not, I have not deter- 

 mined, but it is unlikely that they would be in the tributaries and not in the 

 river itself. So far as I am able to decide, the Dace is common in the Alt 

 but not in the Weaver, and the Graining is equally abundant in the Weaver 

 though not in the Alt. 

 Leuciscus Cephalus. The Chub. 

 Taken in the Weaver. — Mr. N. Cooke. 

 Leuciscus Erttheopthalmus. The Red-eye. Rudd. 



Pits at West Derby, from which locality Jlr. N. Cooke has stored resenoirs in 

 the Warrington district. 

 Leuciscus Geruleus. The Azurine. Blue Roach. 



I have had two of this species kindly supplied me by !Mr. Parke from a pit at 

 Croxteth : they appear to tally more with ovir Roach ( colour excepted ) than 

 with the Rudd, which last is a deeiier fish in shapl^ and altogether more 

 stunted and massive. 

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