A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



*ii. Miller's Thumb or Noggle-head. Cottus 

 gobioy Linn. 



Upper Yare, Wensum. 



' A water-rail was picked up near the Yare, 

 and a little grebe in the Wensum, both choked 

 in endeavouring to swallow a fish of this 

 species.'— 7. H. G. 



12. Father-lasher or Bull-head. Cottus scor- 



pius, Linn. 

 'Mr. Patterson has obtained several very 

 beautiful specimens of the variety named C. 

 granlandicus at Yarmouth, one of which is in 

 the Norwich Museum. I have seen others 

 from Cley and Wells.'— r. S. 



13. Bubalis. Cottus bubalis, Euphr. 



' The first recorded capture of this species 

 made April 7th, 1 891, at Yarmouth.' — J. P. 

 {Trans. Norf. and Nor. Nat. Soc, vol. v. p. 

 324)- 



Cromer.— 7. H. G. 



I had previously found it in the Norfolk 

 Estuary, and it is in Sir Thomas Browne's list. 



14. Grey Gurnard. Trig/a gurnardus, Linn. 

 Yarmouth. — Paget. 



15. Red Gurnard. Trigia cucu/us, Linn. 

 Norfolk Estuary. — R. Elwes. 

 Yarmouth. — Paget. 



Sir T. Browne speaks of Gornart cuculus as 

 a Norfolk species. 



16. Tubfish or Sapphirine Gurnard. Tr'igla 



hirundo, Bloch. 

 Norfolk Estuary. — E. L. King, Mr. Cress- 

 well ; T. Paciloptera. 

 Norfolk Estuary. — J. L. 



17. Streaked Gurnard. Trigia lineata, Linn. 

 Yarmouth, November, 1895. — J. P. 

 Two others have been taken at Lowestoft. 



18. Dogge. Jgonus cataphractus, Linn. 

 Norfolk Estuary. 



Sir Thomas Browne evidently describes this 

 species : ' A little corticated fish about 3 or 4 

 inches long, answering that which is named 

 Piscis octangularis by Schonevaldus.' 'Octa- 

 gonius versus caput, versus caudam hexa- 

 gon ius.' 



19. Lump-sucker. Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn. 

 I have seen five or six large ones taken in 



the Norfolk Estuary within the last ten years. 

 Paget mentions ' one taken in the river ' at 

 Yarmouth, in 1819. 



' One in the Norwich Museum taken off 

 Yarmouth, January, 1848, weighed 13^ lb.' 



— y. H. G. 



Sir Thomas Browne, says this fish is 'es- 

 teemed by some a festival fish, though it 



afFordeth but a glutinous jelly, and the skin 

 is beset with stony knots after no certain 

 order.' 



A fine specimen was brought alive to me 

 at Lynn, December nth, 1884. It weighed 

 17 lb. 'One weighing 26 lb. taken at 

 Yarmouth, February 24th, 1897.' — A. P. 

 {Trans. Norf. and Nor. Nat. Soc, vol. vi. 

 P-3)- 



20. Sea Snail. Liparis vulgaris, Flem. 

 Norfolk Estuary : not common. Cromer. 



—J. H. G. 



21. Montagu's Sucker. Liparis montagui, 



Donov. 

 I have frequently taken this fish, which is 

 much more common than the preceding, in 

 the Norfolk Estuary, and several times in the 

 river opposite Lynn, in fresh water at low 

 tide. Colonel Montagu, after whom this 

 species is named, says it ' inhabits only the 

 rocky parts of the coast, and of course is rarely 

 taken with the dredge' {Tarrell, vol. ii. p. 

 375)- 



22. Spotted Goby. Gobius tninutus, Gmel. 

 Norfolk Estuary, Northrepps. — J. H. G., 



September 2nd, 1 8 74. 



23. Two-spotted Goby. Gobius ruthensparri, 



Euphr. ; Gobius pusillus, J. Lowe. 



Mr. Day {Fishes of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, p. 161) considers these two as the same 

 species : but there are, I think, well-marked 

 differences. G. pusillus was first found by me 

 near Lynn in 1880 (D. 6-10, A. 10, V. 10). 

 Length i^ inches; head rather higher than 

 broad ; dorsal fins closely approximate — as 

 high as body. Body transparent, covered 

 with dark spots, which are larger and square- 

 shaped along lateral line ; anal and second 

 dorsal fins equal and opposite ; third ray of 

 first dorsal longest ; all the fins transparent, 

 without dots ; end of tail square. 



When transferred to the aquarium from 

 the pool in which they were discovered these 

 fish lived for a long time in quite fresh water, 

 to which they had been gradually accustomed, 

 but when suddenly placed in cold fresh water 

 they were apparently asphj'xiated, all the fins 

 becoming rigidly expanded. They took food 

 readily from the hand, and would attach 

 themselves to the sides of the glass in any 

 position by means of the ventral fin. 



24. Rock Goby. Gobius niger, Linn. 



The late Mr. F. J. Cresswell informed me 

 that he had taken a specimen of this fish at 

 Hunstanton, June 13th, 1876. He com- 

 pared it carefully with Couch's figure, and 



