FISH-NOTES FROM GREAT YARMOUTH. 11 



at ten stone. In October end and in the beginning of November 

 the numbers fell off considerably. Soles up to 1 lb. 11 oz. in 

 weight had also been caught on the hook. 



On September 25th Mr. F. C. Cook informs me an example 

 of the Short Sunfish (Orthagoriscus mold) was exhibited in a 

 Lowestoft fish-shop : it had been captured off Lowestoft by a 

 steam trawler. He did not measure it, but suggested that from 

 the tip of the pectoral to the tip of the anal fin it would measure 

 2 feet ; judging by other examples of which I have records, 

 the fish itself would be about 18 inches in length. 



A Five-bearded Kockling (Motella mustella) was taken on a 

 hook off Britannia Pier on October 14th. A by no means 

 usual capture locally, although several are taken yearly in 

 shrimp-nets. 



My second Gatfcorugine (Blennius gattorugine) came to hand 

 on October 26th, having been captured on a line by a young 



Blennius gattorugine. 



man fishing from one of the piers. This fish was a span long, 

 and had turned to a dingy blackish-brown hue. My first example 

 came to me from a shrimp-net on May 21st, 1899. The late 

 Mr. T. Southwell recorded another taken on May 21st, 1900 

 (vide 'Victoria History of Norfolk,' p. 205). I am inclined to 

 think that this last "record" arose from some confusion of 

 dates in the notes supplied to the late Dr. Lowe, who was 

 responsible for the account of the " Fishes." 



There were a few goodly sized Roach taken in the Waveney near 

 Beccles in late October. The ' Angler's News ' records a catch 

 of forty- seven Boach to one rod on a certain date, the largest of 

 which weighed 1£ lb. ; five others scaled a pound each. On the 

 following day a fish was caught by the same rod that weighed 

 1 lb. 15^ oz. seven hours after capture. 



