A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



72. Sole. SoUa vulgaris, Quens. 



Norfolk Estuary : common. Yarmouth. 

 —P. 



Mr. Gurney thinks that ' the sole, like the 

 whiting, attains only about two-thirds the 

 size on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk that 

 it does on the Devonshire coast.' 



Very large specimens are, however, occa- 

 sionally taken in Lynn Deeps. 



73. Lemon Sole, or French Sole. Solea las- 



carts, Risso. 



Several examples of this fish, caught in the 

 Norfolk Estuary, have been sent to me by 

 Mr. John Devonshire, Lynn. 



Mr. A. Patterson sends me a note of the 

 capture of this fish at Yarmouth. It had 

 been previously reported only from the Nor- 

 folk Estuary. 



'Another specimen, January 21st, 1897.' 

 —A. P. 



PLECTOGNATHI 



74. Sun-fish. Orthagoriscus mola, Linn. 



Lynn: Two, November, 1850 ; October, 

 1863. Mr. E. L. King. Yarmouth.— P. 



'One taken November, 1821. Salthouse, 

 November, 1850.' — Rev. E. W. Dowell. 



' The Norwich Museum contains one taken 

 off Overstrand in 1843.'— 7. H. G. 



Sir T. Browne says : ' Sometimes we meet 

 with a mola, or moon-fish, so called from some 

 resemblance it hath to a crescent in the ex- 

 treme part of the body, from one fin unto 

 another. One being taken near the shore at 

 Yarmouth, before break of day, seemed to 

 grunt and shiver like a hog. . . . The 

 gills of these fish we found beset with a kind 

 of sea-louse.* In the year 1667 a mola was 

 taken at Mousley which weighed 200 lb.' 



Mr. Southwell saw one at Lynn, November 

 15th, 1850. Its dimensions were 4 feet long, 

 2 feet deep, and about 15 inches thick. 

 Another, at Thornham Hall, which was 4 

 feet 3 inches from nose to tail ; 6 feet in 

 depth across the fins, which were each 2 feet 

 in length ; weighed 210 lb. ; is recorded in 

 the Field, Jznuary 7th, 1865. One in the 

 Wisbeach Museum was taken at Yarmouth 

 in 1835. 



Miss Gurney records one found on Over- 

 strand beach, November 13th, 1836 (Trans. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. ii. p. 21). 



' A small sun-fish, weighing 2 stone, which 

 had been captured at Lynn, was taken to 

 Mr. Lowne, of Yarmouth, on September 



Lepeoptheirui nordmannii. 



2nd, 1887 ; and Mr. Pashley, of Cley, in- 

 forms me that on November iith, 1893, a 

 much larger one, 5 feet 5 inches in length 

 and weighing 16 stone, was brought to him, 

 which had been taken that day on the beach 

 at Cley-next-the-Sea.' — T. S. 



One taken off Yarmouth, September 12th, 

 1896, was 18 inches long, weighed 10 lb. — 

 J. P. 



75- Oblong Sun-fish. Orthagoriscus truncatus, 

 Retz. 

 ' One taken in a " dydle " (a sort of landing- 

 net) over the side of the trawler Result.'' — 

 A. P. (No date or place given.) 



PERCESOCES 



**76. Grey Mullet. Mugil capita, Cuv. 



Norfolk Estuary : common. Yarmouth. 

 —P. 



'About 1880, a lot of unusually large grey 

 mullet were sent to the Norwich market from 

 Blakeney.'— 7. H. G. 



**"]"]. Lesser Grey Mullet. Mugil chelo,C-av. 



Norfolk Estuary. — F. J. Cresswell, Esq. 



A small specimen of this fish, taken on 

 Breydon, was sent by Mr. A. Patterson to 

 Mr. Southwell, who ascertained its identity 

 [Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc, 1890-91). 



78. Atherine. Atherina presbyter, Jen. 



Lowestoft.— 7. H. G. 



' As a rule rare at Yarmouth, one now and 

 again turning up in the smelt-nets.' — A. P. 



May 4th, 1 89 1. Yarmouth. — A. P. 

 [Trans. Norf. and Nor. Nat. Soc, 1891-92). 



Norfolk Estuary : frequent in the summer 

 months. 



There can be no doubt it is plentiful in 

 summer along some parts of the east coast, 

 contrary to the expressed opinion of Montagu 

 and Yarrell as to its absence. 



79. Larger Launce or Sand-Eel. Ammodytes 



lanceolatus, Lesauv. 



Norfolk Estuary. 



80. Lesser Launce. Ammodytes tobianus, 



Linn. 



Norfolk Estuary : common. Yarmouth. 

 —P. 



Common. — "J. H. G. 



Sir T. Browne observes : ' The sand eels 

 [Anglones of Aldrovandus, or Tobianus of Sch6- 

 nevaldus), commonly called smoulds, taken out 

 of the sea-sands with forks and rakes, about 



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