CLASS PISCES. 



Genus RANICEPS, Cuvier. ! t /;. ] ''/'', ','i 



Raniceps raninus, Collett. LESSER FORK-BEARD. 

 Day records (Fishes of Great Britain, vol. i., p. 321) the 

 capture of one by Mr. S. W. Waud, in May, 1858, in the river 

 Crouch. 



Family OPHIDIID^E, Midler. 



Genus AMMODYTES, Artedi. 



Ammodytes lanceolatus, Le Sauvage. LARGER LAUNCE 

 OR SAND EEL. 



This is found, but not so commonly as the next species. 

 Ammodytes tobianus, Linn. LESSER LAUNCE. 



This is common, but I do not think it is ever especially 

 fished for, as is the case in the West of England, where large 

 numbers are caught for bait. 



Family PLECJRONECTID^, Risso. 

 Genus RHOMBUS, Cuvier. 



Rhombus maximus, Cuvier. TURBOT. 

 This well-known and valuable fish is taken on all parts of 

 our coast where suitable ground occurs. It is most frequently 

 captured by trawling ; but many are caught on the sandy 

 shores of Foulness Island in " kettles " : that is, by means of 

 nets arranged in a V-shape, the apex pointing seawards, 

 and with small spaces left between each set of nets, so that 

 the fish, as the tide rises, pass between the nets, and are left 

 stranded in the points, as the tide falls. 



Rhombus Isevis, Rondeletius. BRILL. 

 This fish is also captured in the same manner, and is not rare. 

 Genus PLEURONECTES, Artedi. 



Pleuronectes platessa, Linn. PLAICE. 

 Although it is very common on all parts of the coast, 

 Plaice is said "not to be taken by the hook." While fishing with 



