YORKSHIRE VERTEBRATE FAUNA. xliii 



other forms not allowed to be such. Eight of the Norfolk fishes 

 have not occurred in this county, and 33 Yorkshire fishes not in 

 Norfolk. 



The Fisheries of the Yorkshire coast are important, and pro- 

 duce most of the British food-fishes, the Gadidae being probably 

 the most valuable. The coast itself, with its rough rocky ground, 

 is unfavourable for trawling inshore, that method of fishing being 

 mostly carried on in the North Sea and on the Dogger Bank, 

 whilst what is termed the long-line fishing is conducted about ten 

 or twenty miles from the coast. Formerly stake-nets were worked 

 in Bridlington Bay, which produced Salmon, Salmon-trout and 

 Sturgeon, and sometimes rarities like the Swordfish were taken ; 

 but these have now been discontinued. 



The only previous enumeration of Yorkshire fishes as a whole 

 was that which Mr. Meynell read in 1844 to the British Associa- 

 tion, a brief abstract only of which was printed in the report 

 This list which was stated to contain 140 species does not 

 appear to have ever been published, and our endeavours to trace 

 the existence of the manuscript have been unsuccessful. This is 

 to be regretted, as there can be little doubt that much information 

 has thus been lost. 



There yet remains much work to be done in the study of the 

 marine fishes of the Yorkshire coast, chiefly the ascertainment of 

 their faunistic position, migratory movements, and relative abun- 

 dance. Particular attention should be directed to the collection 

 of littoral and rock-pool species, such as the blennies, gobies, 

 pipe-fish, and other small forms. The crab and lobster ' pots' are 

 attractive to many such, which may be thus easily obtained. The 

 varieties of the Common Stickleback also require investiga- 

 tion, and also the various species of Grey Mullets which have 

 been differentiated within recent years. 



To increase the usefulness of the fish-list, a departure has been 

 made from the general plan of the work, by the inclusion of 

 the various local names used, so far as we are able to give them. 



