FISHES 91 



87. — SAND LAUNCE. Ammodytes lanceolatus Lesauv. 

 Common on sandy coasts. 



88. — SAND EEL. Ammodytes tobiamis. L. 

 Very common on sandy coasts. 



89.— GARFISH. Belone vulgaris. Flem. 

 Common at times. 



90. — SKIPPER. Scombresox saurus. Flem. 

 Sometimes common off south-west Anglesey, and in Rhos Weir. 



91.— COMMON, OR THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK. 

 Gasterosteus aculeatus. L. 



Common in lowlands in suitable waters. 



In the Marine Lake at Rhyl a Stickleback occurs in great 

 numbers, which Mr. G. A. Boulenger identifies as the form 

 G. leiurus. 



92.— TEN-SPINED STICKLEBACK. Gasterosteus 

 pungitius. L. 



Common in parts of Anglesey, Denbigh, and Flint ; not known to occur 

 in the other three counties. 



In 1910 it was found on Whixall Moss, on the borders of Flint 

 and Shropshire. 



93.— FIFTEEN-SPINED STICKLEBACK. Gasterosteus 

 spinachia. L. 



Common in weedy rock-pools and shallow parts of the sea. 



94.— BROAD NOSED PIPE FISH. Siphonostoma typhle. (L.). 

 Met with occasionally off Anglesey, Barmouth and Aberdovey. 



95.— GREAT PIPE FISH. Syngnathus acus. L. 



The most numerous of the Pipe-Fishes ; generally distributed round the 

 coast. 



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