A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



92. Pearlsides. MauroUcus borealis, Nilss. 



Mr. Southwell thinks that ' Pearlsides,' 

 given by Mr. Yarrell, is preferable to Argen- 

 tine as a trivial name for this fish, as the 

 latter is apt to create confusion vv'ith the 

 Hebridal smelt, Argentina sphryoena. 



A specimen of this lovely fish was found in 

 some draw-net refuse on Yarmouth beach, 

 on April ist, 1889, by Mr. A. Patterson. 



Three others were found under similar 

 circumstances near the Britannia Pier, by Mr. 

 J. B. Beckett, of Yarmouth, on February 

 24th, 1890. 



' Another freshly dead specimen was picked 

 up on Scratby beach by Mr. W. Tomkins, 

 in March, 1893 ; it was i^ inches long.' — 

 yi. P. 



OSTARIOPHYSI 



*93. Carp. Cyprinus carpioy Linn. 



A large one was taken in the Kettle Mills 

 pond, Lynn, in 1865. Mr. Lubbock says : 

 ' It is not common upon the whole of the 

 broads, but where it does occur, grows to the 

 very largest size ; the dimensions of one lately 

 taken are as follows : length 29:^ inches, 

 girth 29 inches, weight 15^ lb.' 



' Nearly forty years since a carp of about 

 12 lb. weight was found alive and healthy in 

 a drain communicating with the river Wen- 

 sum, near the site of the old Blackfriars 

 Monastery at Norwich. With this excep- 

 tion, I never knew a carp taken in the 

 Norwich river.' — J. H. G. 



Sir T. Browne says : ' Two of the largest 

 I ever beheld were taken in the Norwich 

 river.' 



*94. Crucian Carp. Cyprinus carassius, Linn. 



'A solitary specimen has been twice ob- 

 served in the Yare ' {Fauna of Norfolk). 



Mr. Gurney informs me that it is common 

 in ponds in East Norfolk, and he says : ' It is 

 well known to hybridize freely with the 

 common carp. Some years since some hy- 

 brids of this description, bred at Hempstead, 

 near Holt, were identified as such by Dr. 

 Gtlnther, to whom I sent them for examina- 

 tion. At Hempstead the true carp generally 

 attains 8 lb. in weight, and the hybrid about 

 half that weight. The largest specimen of 

 Cyprinus carassius of which I have note 

 weighed only i lb. 7 oz.' 



The variety known as gold-fish {Cyprinus 

 auratus) is said by Mr. Gunn to ' breed at 

 several mill-pools in Norfolk,' but he gives no 

 locality. 



*95. Gudgeon. Gobio fuviati/is, Flem. 



Lynn. The Broads. — P. 



' Abundant in the higher part of the rivers, 

 but not, I think, otherwise than of rare ocur- 

 rence amongst the broads.' — Lubbock. 



'The upper part of the Yare, the Tudd, 

 and the upper part of the Wensum.' — f. H. G. 



' Gudgeons or Funduli fuviatilis ; many 

 whereof may be taken in the river within the 

 city.' — Sir T. Browne, 



*96. Rudd. Leuciscus erythrophthalmus, Linn. 



Common in the broads and rivers. 



Mr. Norman has taken one weighing 3 lb. 



1 oz. Mr. T. G. Bagfield, of Norwich, 

 states that a specimen of what he confidently 

 believed to be the var. L. cteruleus (Swainson) 

 was taken some years ago by Mr. Ewing, 

 between Keswick and Cringleford Mills. 



*97. Roach. Leuciscus rutilus, Linn. 



Common in streams and broads. 



Mr. Gurney remarks that they are very 

 fine in the Yare and Wensum. Mr. Norman 

 caught one at Yarmouth which weighed 2 lb. 



2 oz. 



' T. Lord of Norwich caught a roach at 

 Ranworth, on July 31st, 1883, 3 lb. in 

 weight, length 17 inches, girth 12^ inches.' 



— r. s. 



*98. Dace. Leuciscus dobula, Linn. {L. vul- 

 garis. Day). 



Common. 



'Abundant and large in the upper Yare, 

 Does not thrive in ponds.' — f. H. G. 



This and the two preceding are mentioned 

 in Sir T. Browne's list. 



*99. Chub. Leuciscus cephalus, Linn. 



' Is totally unknown in the Bure, the Yare, 

 and, I believe, the Waveney. Is very large 

 in some Norfolk rivers, the Ouse, the Thet, 

 and the Wissey, near Stoke Ferry.' — Lubbock. 



Sir T. Browne remarks : ' The chubbe 

 to be found in divers other rivers in 

 England, I have not observed in these.' 



*I00. Minnow. Leuciscus phoxinus, hinn. 

 *I0I. Tench. Tinea vulgaris, Cuv. 



Common in lakes and ponds. 



Mr. Gurney says : ' The only river locality 

 I know for the tench in Norfolk is in the 

 Yare, above Trowse.' It occurs also in the 

 Ouse above Denver. Mr. Norman informs 

 me that the largest he has caught near Yar- 

 mouth weighed 5 lb. 14 oz. 



The late Mr. Johnson, of Watlington, 

 informed me that in the ponds there, wher- 



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