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GASTEROSTEIDJE. 



Gasterosteus aculeatus, Linn. Three-spined Stickleback. Common. 

 Ravensbourne ; also ponds and ditches. 



Gasterosteus pungitus, Linn. Ten-spined Stickleback. Common. 

 Ravensbourne ; also ponds and ditches. 



PLEURONECTID^E. 



Pleuronectes flesus, Linn. Flounder. About Deptford, formerly 

 abundant. 



MUR^ENID^E. 



Anguilla vulgaris, Turton. Eel. Multitudes pass up and down the 

 river in their season migrations. 



CLUPEID^E. 



Clupea sprattus, Linn. Sprat, Whitebait. Formerly supposed to be 

 particularly 4 ' the " fish of the Thames. 



'Clupea alosa, Linn. Allis Shad. Formerly taken rarely in the 

 Thames. 



Clupea finta, Cuvier. Twaite Shad. Formerly common in the 

 Thames. 



CYPRINID^E. 



Cyprinus carpio, Linn. Carp. Common in all the streams. 

 Cyprinus gibelio, Nilsson. Prussian Carp. In a Kidbrook pond. 

 Cyprinus auratus, Linn. Golden Carp. Ornamental ponds. 



Crobio fluviatilis, Rondeletius. Gudgeon. Thames and Ravens- 

 bourne, common. 



Leuciscus rutilus, Linn. Roach. Thames and Ravensbourne, 

 common. 



Leuciscus dobula, Cuvier. Dobule Roach. Below Woolwich, 1831 

 (Yarrell). 



Leuciscus erythrophthalmus, Linn. Rudd. Thames. 



Leuciscus cephalus, Linn. Chub. Thames and Ravensbourne, 

 not uncommon. 



Leuciscus vulgaris, Fleming. Dace. Thames and Ravensbourne, 

 common. 



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