FISHES 



Warwickshire lying in the watershed of the Severn, Trent and 

 Thames sends feeders to each of these rivers, and as might be supposed 

 the tributaries contain the same, or nearly the same, fish as their 

 respective main streams ; but, as will be seen from the localities given in 

 the following list, the fish of the tributaries of the Trent differ in many 

 respects from those of the Avon, and also from those found in the 

 Warwickshire feeders of the Thames. The migratory fish are undoubt- 

 edly much interfered with by the locks and weirs, but on the other hand 

 the connection formed by canals between the upper reaches of several 

 of the tributaries of the different river basins has been the means of 

 mixing the species to a certain degree. 



TELEOSTEANS 



ACANTHOPTERYGII 



1. Perch. Perca fluvia ti/is, Linn. 

 Common and generally distributed in all 



the considerable streams in the county, and 

 also found in many ponds and canals and other 

 artificial water. According to Mr. J. Steele 

 Elliott it is common in all the pools in Button 

 Park, where it must have been introduced. 



2. Ruffe or Pope. Acerina vu/garis, Linn. 

 Abundant in rivers and ponds. It is said 



by Mr. J. Steele Elliott to occur in one pool 

 only in Sutton Park, into which it has doubt- 

 less been introduced ; which may indeed be 

 said of all other pools. 



3. Miller's Thumb or Bullhead. Cottus gobio, 



Linn. 



Common in almost all streams, including 

 small brooks in all parts of the county. 



ANACANTHINI 



4. Burbot. Lota vulgaris, Linn. 



Yarrell in his work on British Fishes says, 

 f The Tame is said to contain the burbot.' 

 Mr. G. Sheriff Tye, writing in 1886, gives 

 the following record of it : ' Is found in the 

 river Anker at Tamworth, the largest fish 

 recorded being 5 lb.' 



HEMIBRANCHII 



Three-spined Stickleback. 



acu/eatus, Linn. 

 Common in all parts of the 



Gasterosteus 



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in all parts ot tne county, in 

 pools as well as in streams, including small 

 brooks and even ditches. 



Var. /eiurus, Cuv. et Val. 



It occurs in many streams in Warwickshire, 

 but appears to thrive most in the smaller ones, 

 that is in the brooks and ditches. Mr. G. 

 Sherriff Tye, in his list of the fishes found in 

 the neighbourhood of Birmingham, published 

 in 1886, mentions it as being very abundant 

 in the ditches feeding the Anker. 



Var. brachycentrus, Cuv. et Val. 



Very common in the north of the county, 

 where it is found in ditches feeding the Anker, 

 as we learn from Mr. G. S. Tye. 



Var. spinulosus, Jen. & Yarr. 



Mentioned by Mr. G. S. Tye as occurring 

 in the same localities as the last, but less 

 frequently. 



6. Ten-spined Stickleback. Gasterosteus pungi- 



tius t Linn. 



Occurs, though not abundantly, in many 

 places in the county. Common in the 



