A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



*I2. Miller's Thumb. Cottus gobio. Linn. 

 Locally, Bullhead. 



Common in the Tees and most streams. 

 Mentioned by Brewster and by Surtees. 



13. Father-lasher or Bull Head. Cottus scorpius y 



Linn. 



In rock pools and near the rocks ; common. 



14. Grey Gurnard. Trig/a gurnarduSy Linn. 

 Very common. 



15. Red Gurnard. Trig/a cucu/us. Linn. 



Occasionally visits the coast. Mentioned 

 by Fordyce, 1857. 



1 6. Streaked Gurnard. Trig/a Kneata, Linn. 

 ' Occasionally taken on our coast.' Howse. 



17. Sapphirine Gurnard or Tub-fish. Trigla 



hirundoy Linn. 



An occasional visitor. 



1 8. Pogge or Armed Bull-head. Agonus cata- 



phractuSy Linn. 



Common. 



19. Lump Sucker or Paddlecock. Cyclopterus 



lumpusy Linn. 



Common. 



20. Sea Snail. Liparlt vulgarity Flem. 

 Rare. 



21. Montagu's Sucker. Liparlt montagui, 



Donovan. 



Common. 



22. Spotted Goby. Gobius minutus, Gmel. 



23. Two-Spotted Goby. Gobius ruthensparriy 



Euphras. ; Gobius pusillus, J. Lowe. 



Common in rock-pools. 



24. Blackfish. Centrolophus pompilus. Linn. 



' One specimen from a Cullercoats fisherman, 

 and another recorded from Redcar.' Howse. 



25. John Dory. Zeus faber. Linn. 

 An occasional visitor. 



26. Scad or Horse mackerel. Caranx tra- 



churuSy Linn. 



' Frequently caught in the herring nets. 

 J. F. Spence.' Howse. 



27. Ray's Bream. Brama raii t Bloch. 

 Occurs occasionally. 



28. Opah or Kingfish. Lampris /una, Linn. 



Sometimes caught by trawlers and also 

 rarely on the coast to the north and south. 



29. Mackerel. Scomber scombrus. Linn. 

 Locally, Bret. 



Migrates to the coast, July to September. 

 Recorded by Surtees, 1823. 



30. Tunny. Orcynus thynnuSy Linn. 



' Frenchman's Bay in salmon nets Mr. 

 Clift, South Shields, August, 1885.' Howse, 

 who also records a shoal of small tunnies to 

 the coast near Cullercoats in June, 1884. 



31. Bonito. Orcynus pelamys. Linn. 



A straggler caught off Sunderland recorded 

 by Professor G. S. Brady, 1870. 



32. Greater Weever. Trachlnut draco. Linn. 



33. Lesser Weever or Stinger. Tracbinus 



vipera, Cuv. and Val. 



More common than preceding. 



34. Fishing Frog or Angler. Lophius pltca- 



toriuSy Linn. 



Sometimes called ' Mermaid.' Common 

 and frequently sold like the cat-fish as ' rock- 

 turbot.' 



35. Dragonet. Callionymus fyra, Linn. 

 Locally, Gowdie. 



Common. 



36. Wolf or Cat-fish. Anarrhlchat lupus, 



Linn. 



Common, sold as ' rock-turbot.' 



37. Gattorugine or Tompot. B/enniui 



gattoruginey Bloch. 



Mentioned in the list of Hartlepool fishes 

 by Sir Cuthbert Sharpe. 



38. Shanny. Blennius pholisy Linn. 

 Common in the rock-pools. 



39. Yarrell's Blenny. Carelophus ascanii, 



Walb. 



Rare. 



40. Gunnel or Butter-fish. Centronotus gun- 



nelluiy Linn. 



Common between tide marks. 



41. Viviparous Blenny. Zoarces viviparus, 



Linn. 

 Common between tide marks. 



42. Sharp-tailed Lumpenus. Lumpenut lampe- 



triformis, Walb. 



An example was got at Cullercoats in Feb- 

 ruary, 1 903 ; but it is more than likely gene- 

 rally, if rarely, distributed in the district. 



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