6 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



the principal fish found in the lakes and rivers are 

 as follows: 



GAME FISH 

 Migratory Salmonidce. Non-migratory Salmon idee. 



Salmon (Salmo salar). 

 Sea Trout (Salmo trutta\ 

 Bull Trout (Salmo eriox). 

 Smelts (or Sparling) (Os- 

 merus eperlanus). 



Trout (Salmo fario}. 



Great Lake (or Grey or 



Ullswater Trout) (Salmo 



ferox). 



Char (Salmo Willughbit). 

 Gwyniad (or Freshwater 



Herring) (Coregonus clu- 



peoides). 

 Vendace (Coregonus albula). 



COARSE FISH 



Pike, 

 Perch, 

 Roach, 

 Rudd, 



besides the following : 



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 Loach, 

 River Bullhead, 



Tench, 



Gudgeon, 



Eel (Sharp-nosed), 



Eel (Broad-nosed), 



Minnow, 



Smooth-tailed Stickleback. 



That these last are not altogether unimportant 

 will be shown in connection with the food of some 

 of the larger species. 



As the dimensions, altitude, and particularly the 

 depth of the various lakes has an important 

 relation to the species and number of fish which 

 they contain, it may be convenient to set out 

 in tabular form certain facts which may prove 

 useful in this connection. 



