FISHES 



CHONDROPTERYGIANS 



q6. Blue Shark. Carcharias glaucus, Linn. 



Mentioned by Paget as seen occasionally at 

 Yarmouth with the herring. Mr. Gunn records 

 a specimen 5 ft. 4 in. long stranded on the beach 

 at Yarmouth in 1866, which Lowe suggests 

 might have been a tope. Hele records the cap- 

 ture of a specimen at Aldeburgh, and a second 

 stranded specimen 6 ft. long at Yarmouth is 

 recorded in the Zoologht in 1867. 



97. Tope. Galeus vulgaris, Flem. 



I identified a specimen taken in the trawl 

 when I was on board a Lowestoft trawler on 

 the Brown Ridges in 1895. It was a female 

 25 in. in length. 



98. Hammerhead. Zygaena malleus, Risso. 



A specimen is on record as taken at Yarmouth 

 in November 1829. 



99. Smooth Hound. Mustelus vulgaris, Mullcr 



& Henle. 



A specimen 12 in. long was taken during my 

 voyage on the Brown Ridges in 1895. I also 

 saw a small specimen taken in the shrimp trawl 

 on the Newcome Sand. The men called it a 

 Sweet William, a name given by Dale in his 

 Antiquities of Harwich, published in 1 830, to 

 Galeus vulgaris. 



100. Rough Hound or Small-spotted Dog-fish. 



Scyllium canicula, Linn. 



At Lowestoft according to Gurney. 



loi. Nurse Hound or Large-spotted Dog-fish. 

 Scyllium catulus, Cuv. 



At Yarmouth according to Paget. 



102. Porbeagle. Lamna cornuhica, Gmel. 



Two specimens taken at Yarmouth (Paget). 

 Southwell in his Notes to Sir Thomas Browne's 

 list states that a specimen 7 ft. long was taken 

 \t Lowestoft in October 1900, in drift-nets. 



103. Thresher. Alopias vulpes, Gmel. 



This species was first described by Dr. Caius 

 in 1570 from a specimen stranded between 

 Lowestoft and Pakefield. Southwell mentions 

 specimens at Lowestoft on 1 1 and 29 September 

 1897. Another occurred at the same place in 

 November 1898 which was 14 ft. long. It is 

 not infrequent in the mackerel season ; it preys 

 on the mackerel and is entangled in the drift- 

 nets. 



104. Basking Shark. Selache maxima, Gmc\. 



Paget states that several have been taken at 

 Yarmouth at different times. 



105. Picked Dog-fish or Spur-dog. Acanthias 



vulgaris, Risso. 



I saw a small specimen caught in the shrimp 

 trawl on the Newcome Sand, but none on the 

 Brown Ridges. It is probably common at times, 

 but being a mid-water swimmer is usually 

 caught in the drift-nets or by hook and line. 



1 06. Greenland Shark. Laemargus microcephalus, 



Bl. Schn. 

 Southwell records a male specimen 12^ ft. 

 long taken off Kessingland in February 1875.' 



107. Angel-fish or Monk-fish. Rhina squatina, 



Linn. 

 A specimen was exhibited by fishermen on 

 the beach at Lowestoft in August 1874 

 (T. Southwell). 



108. Torpedo or Electric Ray. Torpedo nobi- 



liana, Bonap. 



In Lowe's supplementary list a fine specimen 

 of T. vulgaris is stated to have been trawled at 

 Lowestoft in December 1883. It was in all 

 probability this species. 



109. Common Skate. Rata hatis, Linn. 



Probably occurs in the deep water. I did 

 not see any caught on the shallow grounds when 

 I was at Lowestoft. 



1 10. White Skate, Burton Skate. Rata alba, 



Lac6p. 

 A fine example is mentioned by Day as taken 

 off Yarmouth in October 1883, the first for 

 twenty-five years according to the Eastern Daily 

 Press at the time. 



111. Thornback Ray. Raia clavaia, hinn. 

 Common. I saw three young specimens taken 



in the trawl on the Brown Ridges 

 they were about 12 in. in width. 



m 



1895; 



112. Spotted Ray or Homelyn Ray. Raia 



maculata, Montagu. 

 Probably occurs, as it is common off Norfolk 

 according to Lowe. 



113. Sting Ray. Trygort pastinaca, hinn. 



Mr. Gurney in Lowe's list mentions one 

 weighing about 2 stone which he saw taken off 

 Kessingland in 1856 and which had a double 

 spine. T. E. Gunn records one from Yarmouth 

 3 ft. 6 in. long which weighed 4 stone. 



114. Eagle Ray. Mylicbatis aquila, Linn. 



One found dead on Lowestoft beach in June 

 1867. 



'Zoo/. 1875. 



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