RARE FISHES ON THE YORKSHIRE COAST. 



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W. J. CLARKE, F.Z.S., 



Scaibornui:;h. 



On October 6th, 1907, while examining rock pools on Filey 

 Brig, I came across one occupied by a shoal of Sprats, amongst 

 which were one or two other little fishes which I did not at first 

 recognise. Borrowing a landing net, one of them was soon 

 captured, and proved to be an Atherine, or Sand Smelt [Atherina 

 presbyter) a delicate little semi-transparent silvery fish, about 

 five inches in length, easily recognisable from the common 

 Smelt by the broad band of dead silvery white, which runs 

 down each side, from head to tail. 



Photo by 



Power Cod. 



[W. J. Clarke. 



Fishing for Whitings from the East Pier at Scarborough, 

 after dark on the evening of October ist, 1908, I caught a 

 little fish which, in the bad light, I took to be a Whiting Pout. 

 Dropping my capture into the basket amongst the others, I 

 was delighted to find on further examination at home, that I 

 had got a full-grown specimen of the Power Cod {Gadus mimitus) 

 the smallest member of the Cod family. The fish took a piece 

 of fresh Herring as bait. 



On January 4l:h, 1910, my friend, Mr. F. Grant, was fishing 

 with rod and line for Codling on the North Sands, in front of the 

 Clarence Gardens, and hooked a nice fish. Upon gutting the 

 Cod, Mr. Grant found within it a small fish, perfectly fresh, and 

 apparently just swallowed, which he sent to me. It proved to 



1910 Mar. I. 



