92 FAUNA OF NORTH WALES 



96— SNAKE PIPE FISH. Nerophis cequ&reus. (L.). 

 Not uncommon round Anglesey ; occurs in the Dee estuary. 



97.— STRAIGHT-NOSED PIPE FISH. Nerophis ophidion. 



(L.). 

 Recorded only off west Anglesey. 



98.— WORM PIPE FISH. Nerophis lumbriciformis. 

 (Willughby). 



Common in rock pools. 



99. — SEA HORSE. Hippocampus antiquorum. Leach. 



Rare ; reported only at Barmouth, where it is not uncommon on the 

 seaweed in the estuary. 



100.— PIKE. Esox lucius. L. 



Not indigenous ; rare in the west, common in some parts of the east. 



A small one was caught in the River Elwy, near St. Asaph, 

 in xiugust, 1908, and a very large female full of spa^vTi, weighing 

 19| lbs., in the Clwj-d, near Rhuddlan, 26th May, 1909. The 

 lake at Llanerfyl, Mont., mentioned in the Fauna, is Llyn 

 Gwyddior. 



101.— PEARLSIDES. Maurolicus borealis. (Nilss.). 

 Obtained once off Flintshire. 



102. — CARP. Cyprinus carpio. L. 



Not indigenous, but common in the eastern counties ; unknown in the west. 



Yarrell gives " Cippysg " as the Welsh name of the Carp, but 

 quotes a Welsh scholar to the effect that the name does not 

 occur in Welsh poetry from Aneurin down to the 18th century, 

 though this is not " conclusive evidence of its non-existence 

 iti our waters in times far remote." 



In Montgomeryshire the Carp attains a very large size. Rev. 

 C. Harington reports that one weighing 15 lbs. was caught 

 in Llyn Grinwydden, near Llanerfyl, a few years ago ; while 

 when the pool at Llanerchydol, Welshpool, was emptied in 

 1904 a Carp weighing 21 lbs, was taken : another weighing 



