A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



5. Black Bream. Cantharus /ineatus, Thomp- 



son. 

 This species is probably commoner off the 

 Sussex coast than anywhere else in the British 

 Isles. 



6. Common Sea Bream. Pagellus ceiitrodontus, 



Delaroche. 

 This bream is also very common off the 

 Sussex coast. The young, which the fisher- 

 men call 'chad,' form a very favourite bait 

 for other fish. 



7. Red Mullet. Mullus harhatus, Linn. 

 This species is numerous on the Sussex 



coast, particularly towards the west. The 

 local fishermen adhere to the existence of two 

 species, the striped and the plain. 



8. Striped Wrass. Labrus mixtus, Linn. 



9. Ballan Wrass. Labrus maculatm, Bloch. 



10. Connor or Gilt-head. Crenilabrus mekps, 



Linn. 



*II. Miller's Thumb. Cottus gohio, Linn. 



12. Sea Scorpion. Cottus scorpius, Linn. 



13. Father-lasher. Cottus hubalis, Linn. 



14. Four-horned Cottus. Cottus quadricornis, 



Linn. 



15. Grey Gurnard. Trigia gurnardus, hinn. 

 The gurnards are as a rule called ' gur- 

 nets ' by the fisher folk in Sussex. 



16. Red Gurnard. Trig/a cuculus, Linn. 



17. Sapphirine Gurnard. Trigia hirundo, 



Linn. 



18. Pogge. Agonus cataphractus^ Linn. 



19. Lump Sucker. Cyclopterus /umpus, Linn. 

 This species is not common though speci- 

 mens are occasionally obtained. 



20. Sea Snail. Liparis vulgaris, Flem. 



21. Diminutive Sea Snail. Liparis montagui, 



Donovan. 



22. Rock Goby. Gohius niger, Linn. 



23. Spotted Goby. Gohius minutus, Linn. 



24. Paganellus. Gohius paganellus, Gmel. 



25. John Dory. Zeus faber, Linn. 



26. Boar Fish. Capros aper, Lacep. 



[Pilot Fish. Naucrates ductor, Cuv. et Val. 



Several specimens of this fish, said to have 



been caught off the Sussex coast, have been 



shown at the Brighton Aquarium during the 

 past ten years. It is however possible that 

 the fishermen obtained them from a greater 



distance.] 



27. Scad. Caranx trachurus, Linn. 



28. Mackerel. Scomber scomirus, Linn. 

 The mackerel caught off the Sussex coast 



are uniformly small in comparison with those 

 from the North Sea and the Atlantic. 



29. Great Weever. Trachinus draco, Linn. 



30. Lesser Weever. Trachinus vipera, Cuv. 



31. Dragonet. Callionymus lyra, Linn. 

 The female of this fish is sometimes called 



the ' dusky skulpin,' or fox. 



32. Angler Fish. Lophius piscatorius, Umn. 

 Though by no means common, specimens 



of this fish are sometimes caught by the fisher- 

 men and carried round different watering 

 places on a barrow for show. I have twice 

 had photographs sent to me from seaside 

 towns in Sussex, asking me to identify the 

 fish. 



33. Shanny. Blennius pholis, Linn. 



34. Gattorugine. Blennius gaitorugine, Bl. 



35. Gunnel or Butter Fish. ' Centronellus 



gunnellus, Linn. 



ANACANTHINI 



36. Cod. Gadus nwrrhua, Linn. 



37. Whiting. Gadus merlangus, Linn. 



38. Pout or Whiting Pout. Gadus luscus, 



Linn. 



39. Pollack. Gadus pollachius, Linn. 



40. Poor Cod. Gadus minutus, Linn. 



41. Hake. Merluccius vulgaris, Fleming. 



42. Five-bearded Rockling. Motella mustela, 



Linn. 



43. Three-bearded Rockling. Motella tri- 



cirrata, Bl. 



44. Turbot. Rhombus maximus, Linn. 



45. Brill. Rhombus lavis, Linn. 



46. Common Topknot. Zeugopterus punctatus, 



Bloch. 



47. Plaice. Pleuronectes pliitessa, Liinn. 



48. Dab. Pleuronectes limanda, Linn. 



49. Lemon Dab. Pleuronectes microcephalus, 



Donovan. 



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