24 THE MAMMALS, REPTILES, AND FISHES OF ESSEX. 



in the list for the Lea. Lieut. Croft's list is as 

 follows : 



FISHES OF THE RIVER LEA. 



1. Perch, Perca fluviatilis. 



2. Ruff, Acerina vulgaris. 



3. Miller's Thumb, Cottus gobio. 



4. Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. 



5. Ten-spined Stickleback, Gasterosteus pungitius. 



6. Flounder, Pleuronectes flesus. 



7. Salmon, Salmo salar. 



8. Sea-trout, Salmo trutta. 



9. Trout, Salmo fario. 



10. Grayling, Thymallus vulgaris. 



11. Pike, Esox lucius. 



1 2. Carp, Cyprinus carp to. 



13. Barbel, Barbus vulgaris. 



14. Gudgeon, Gobio fluviatilis. 



15. Roach, Leudscus rutilis. 



1 6. Rudd, Leudscus erythrophthalmus. 



17. Chubb, Leudscus cephalus. 



1 8. Dace, Leudscus vulgaris. 



19. Minnow, Leudscus phoxinus. 



20. Tench, Tinea vulgaris. 



21. Bream, Abramis brama. 



22. Bream-flat, Abramis blicca. 



23. Loach, Nemacheilus barbatula. 



24. Eel, Anguilla vulgaris. 



25. Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio. 



26. Lamprey, Petromyzon fluviatilis. 



The Roding, the next tributary of the Thames, is, 

 apparently, not a favourite with anglers. I cannot find 



