1 82 Guide to Belfast, 



Toome Eel Fishery Exported 



Portna Eel Fishery ditto 



Lough Neagh Eel Fisheries ditto 



Total ... ... ;^ 10, 300 



Toome Eels are of more value than Lough Neagh Eels, 

 because the fish are mature when caught. London, Bir- 

 mingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester are the principal 

 markets for these Eels. The above figures have been kindly 

 furnished by Mr. Andrew King, Toome Bridge. 



Conger vulgaris. — The Conger is common everywhere, 

 and regularly fished for. Ogilbyrecords one of 58^ lbs. and 

 another of 53 lbs. at Portrush. 



LOPHOBRANCHII. 



Siphonostoma typhle.^ — The Broad-nosed Pipe-fish is 

 very rare here, one specimen having been taken in Lame 

 Lough in 1836 (Thompson). 



Syngnathus acus. — The Greater Pipe-fish is rare on 

 the north coast, as Ogilby only obtained one ; but Thompson 

 obtained it more commonly by dredging in Belfast and 

 Strangford Loughs. 



S. rostellatus.— In the hish Naturalist for November 

 1898, p. 258, E. W. L. Holt adds the Lesser Pipe-fish to 

 the Irish list, and states that the Dublin Museum possesses 

 a specimen from Portrush, presented by Ogilby. 



Nerophis aequoreus. — The Ocean Pipe-fish is cer- 

 tainly the most common species in the north, and has been 

 frequently taken. 



N. ophidion The Straight-nosed Pipe-fish is only 



known through Thompson, who records one in October 

 1847 from Strangford Lough, and one in October 1851 from 

 Carrickfergus. 



N. lumbriciformis. — The Worm Pipe-fish has been 

 frequently taken. 



Hippocampus antiquorum. — The Sea-horse has 

 been obtained in a very few instances; e.g., Red Bay and 

 Belfast Lough. 



