FISHES 



15. Tub, Latchet, or Sapphirine Gurnard. Trig/a 



hirundo, Linn. 



A considerable number are taken on the 

 Lowestoft trawling grounds in September and 

 October. 



16. Red Gurnard or EUeck. Trigla cucu/us, 



Linn. 



Common on the trawling grounds. 



17. Streaked Gurnard. Trigla lineata, Linn. 



Examples not seldom brought in by trawlers 

 at Yarmouth and Lowestoft. One landed at 

 Lowestoft on 9 March 1896 was said to have 

 been taken near the port.* 



18. Pogge or Armed Bull-head. Agonus cata- 



phractus, Linn. 



Common on the Newcome Sand and along 

 the coast. 



19. Lump-sucker. Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn. 



Has been taken off Yarmouth and occurs 

 occasionally off the Suffolk coast. Hele states 

 that an enormous specimen weighing over 15 lb. 

 was captured at Aldeburgh in March 1868 ; its 

 length was 22^ in., its greatest breadth 13^ in. 



20. Sea-snail. Liparis vulgaris, Flem. 



21. Montague's Sucker. Liparis montagui, Cuv. 



Both these species are recorded as occurring 

 on the Norfolk coast, and it is probable that they 

 occur in the Suffork district, but they have not 

 been recorded. 



22. Two-spotted Goby. Gobius ruthensparri, 



Euphr. 



The Gobius unipunctatus of Yarrell and the 

 G. pusillus of Lowe, recorded for Norfolk, are 

 considered by recent authorities as synonyms of 

 this species. It may occur on the Suffolk coast, 

 but as it swims among Laminaria and Zostera it 

 may be rare, the shores of Suffolk consisting 

 chiefly of shingle with little weed. 



23. Freckled Goby. Gobius minutus, Gmel. 



Common on the Newcome Sand and probably 

 on other sandy ground along the coast. Taken 

 in considerable numbers in shrimp trawls. 



24. John Dory. Zeus faber, Linn. 



Probably occurs sometimes, as it has been 

 taken off Yarmouth (Paget). I saw none taken 

 on the trawling grounds in September 1895. A 

 specimen 8|^ lb. in weight, taken in drift nets 

 with herring on 2 October 1896, is mentioned 

 in Lowe's fourth list. 



' Lowe's fourth list. 



25. Boar-fish. Capros aper, Linn. 



Has been recorded as found at Harwich, and 

 therefore may occur within the Suffolk limits 

 occasionally. Southwell mentions a specimen 

 found on a shrimper at Yarmouth, July 1881, 

 and another dead on Yarmouth beach in May 

 1882. 



26. Mackerel. Scomber scombrus, Linn. 



There is a regular fishery for mackerel off 

 the Suffolk coast in summer. May and June, and 

 again in autumn in September and October. 

 There is reason to believe that they come from 

 the English Channel and return thither in winter. 

 In Lowe's supplementary list a quotation is 

 given from a letter of Mr. Massingham, har- 

 bour master of Lowestoft, to Mr. Southwell. 

 The letter is dated 9 November 1875 and com- 

 ments on the unusual feet of a large number of 

 mackerel having been taken at that late season 

 of the year, as they were usually only caught on 

 that coast in May and June. It would appear 

 from this that the presence of mackerel in 

 autumn was previously unknown to the fisher- 

 men, or at least to the harbour master ; but it is 

 improbable that mackerel only began to visit the 

 Suffolk coast in autumn in the year 1875. 



27. Tunny. Thynnus thynnnus, Linn. 



In the Norwich Museum is a specimen 3 ft. 6 in. 

 long taken off the Suffolk coast, probably near 

 Southwold. Another, 6 ft. 9 in. long, weigh- 

 ing 2241b., was taken at Yarmouth in October 

 1870. According to Paget small specimens are 

 not infrequently taken during the mackerel 

 fishery. 



28. Plain Bonito. yfuxis rochet, Risso. 



Two taken in June 1839 off Yarmouth, and 

 a third at the same place in 1847. 



29. Sword-fish. Xiphias gladius, Linn. 



Specimens have been taken on the shores of 

 Essex and Norfolk. One was captured at 

 Lowestoft about November 1882 and another is 

 mentioned in Lowe's fourth list on the authority 

 of Paterson as landed at the same place in Sep- 

 tember 1897. 



30. Ray's Bream. Brama raii, Bl. Schn. 



Two specimens recorded by Dr. Lowe from 

 Yarmouth, one of which is in the Norwich 

 Museum. 



31. Opah or King-fish. Lampris luna, Gmel. 



Two specimens recorded by Paget as taken at 

 Yarmouth in 1823 and 1828. This fish reaches 

 a large size, specimens having been taken which 

 measured from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in length and weighed 



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