488 VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LAKELAND 



Order ACANTHOPTERYGII. Fam. OPHIDIIDJE. 



GREATER SAND-LAUNCE. 



Ammodytes lanceolatus, Lesauv. 

 This fish must be comparatively rare in the waters of the 

 English Solway, at least Mr. W. Nicol has very rarely met with 

 it, although constantly engaged in fishing. On one occasion 

 Mr. Nicol picked up a Greater Sand-Launce which had been 

 washed up upon the sand. He caught another in a haaf-net, 

 but it contrived to make its escape. 



LESSER SAND LAUNCE. 



Ammodytes tobianus, L. 



This is an abundant species in Morecambe Bay, indeed it is 

 well represented in all our estuaries. The Terns which nest at 

 Ravenglass feed their young upon ' Sand-eels ' to a considerable 

 extent. The species is frequently taken in the shrimp-nets of 

 the Silloth fishermen. 



Order ANACANTHI. Fam. PLEURONECTIDM. 



HOLIBUT. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris, Flem. 



Dr. I'Anson assures me that the Holibut is very seldom 

 taken by the Whitehaven boats. The Cumberland Pacquet 

 furnishes particulars of a large specimen caught in the year 

 1849 : 'A fine Holibut, a fish that rarely appears on this coast, 

 and which is nearly or quite equal in flavour and delicacy to 

 Turbot, was caught on Wednesday last by the fishermen be- 

 longing to one of the boats of Messrs. Wilson of Tangier Street, 

 Whitehaven, and the Isle of Man. It weighed no less than 9 

 stone, 2 lbs., and measured in length 5 feet 9 inches, and 

 breadth 2 feet. This we believe is the second Holibut which 

 has been taken in the vicinity of Whitehaven for some years 

 past. The fish, we understand, was forwarded by Messrs. 

 Wilson to Liverpool.' x 



1 Reprinted in the Carlisle Patriot, May 26, 1849. 



