﻿SOME 
  FISH-NOTES 
  FROM 
  GREAT 
  YARMOUTH. 
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  A 
  shrimper 
  brought 
  me 
  a 
  Kock 
  Goby 
  (Gobius 
  niger) 
  on 
  April 
  

   14th 
  ; 
  length, 
  three 
  inches 
  all 
  but 
  one-eighth. 
  Another 
  on 
  

   April 
  20th. 
  

  

  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  13 
  inch 
  Plaice 
  on 
  April 
  25th, 
  whose 
  anal 
  and 
  

   dorsal 
  fins 
  continued 
  around 
  the 
  posterior 
  end, 
  uniting 
  under 
  

   the 
  tail, 
  thus 
  giving 
  to 
  the 
  creature 
  a 
  very 
  curious 
  appearance, 
  

   which 
  was 
  much 
  heightened 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  patch 
  of 
  colouration 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  on 
  its 
  under 
  side. 
  (Cf. 
  Plate 
  V.). 
  

  

  A 
  friendly 
  fish-merchant, 
  who 
  was 
  staying 
  at 
  Milford 
  Haven, 
  

   forwarded 
  me 
  a 
  very 
  nice 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  Bellows-fish 
  (Centriscus 
  

   scolopax), 
  which 
  reached 
  me 
  on 
  April 
  28th. 
  It 
  measured 
  7j 
  in. 
  

   in 
  extreme 
  length 
  ; 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  large 
  example. 
  It 
  

   had 
  been 
  landed 
  there 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  trawlers. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  

   Yarmouth 
  Tolhouse 
  Museum. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  7th 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  hybrid 
  Turbot-Brill, 
  measuring 
  

   14| 
  in. 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  weighing 
  24 
  oz. 
  It 
  had 
  the 
  head 
  Turbot- 
  

   like 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  was 
  smooth 
  and 
  knobless, 
  and 
  in 
  colour 
  

   very 
  like 
  the 
  Brill. 
  I 
  also 
  met 
  with, 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  date, 
  a 
  fish 
  

   which 
  evidently 
  was 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  a 
  Flounder 
  and 
  a 
  Plaice. 
  It 
  

   had 
  scales 
  like 
  a 
  Plaice. 
  

  

  An 
  18-inch 
  Grey 
  Mullet 
  (Mugil 
  chelo) 
  took 
  into 
  its 
  head 
  to 
  

   jump 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  Aug. 
  12th, 
  into 
  the 
  ferry- 
  

   boat 
  that 
  crosses 
  the 
  river, 
  to 
  the 
  no 
  small 
  surprise 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  

   in 
  charge. 
  

  

  Herring-syle 
  was 
  conspicuously 
  absent 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  all 
  July 
  

   and 
  August, 
  a 
  fact 
  that 
  appeared 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  very 
  

   few 
  Terns 
  frequenting 
  Breydon 
  this 
  summer 
  and 
  autumn. 
  

   Usually 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  Breydon 
  are 
  alive 
  with 
  them 
  during 
  the 
  

   hot 
  months, 
  and 
  the 
  Terns 
  are 
  there 
  to 
  enjoy 
  their 
  society 
  and 
  

   appreciate 
  their 
  capers. 
  

  

  A 
  Herring 
  of 
  mature 
  growth 
  was 
  preserved 
  for 
  me 
  on 
  Nov. 
  

   17th 
  by 
  Inspector 
  Wharfe 
  at 
  the 
  fish-wharf 
  ; 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  large 
  

   excrescence 
  in 
  its 
  back, 
  a 
  lump 
  equal 
  in 
  size 
  to 
  a 
  walnut, 
  which 
  

   looked 
  almost 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  nut 
  half-opened 
  and 
  fitted 
  

   saddle-wise 
  to 
  it, 
  just 
  behind 
  the 
  head. 
  I 
  forwarded 
  it 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Southwell 
  for 
  dissection, 
  who 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  an 
  encysted 
  

   tumour, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  fish, 
  which 
  was 
  much 
  attenuated, 
  must 
  

   have 
  had 
  a 
  bad 
  time. 
  The 
  tumour 
  contained 
  watery 
  fluid. 
  

  

  A 
  double-Flounder 
  was 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W.Lowne, 
  taxidermist, 
  

  

  2 
  m 
  2 
  

  

  