64 CHANXEI. ISLANDS FISHES. 



*Gapfish. Lo)i(j Xofie. Bflo)ic I'Kh/aru, Cuv., Var., Jen. Esox helone, Lin. 

 Local names : " Snipe fsh,^'' " Orji.'" 



Usually plentiful in all the islands, but less so in Jersey than in Guernsey. 

 Salmon. S((h)w salar, Flem., Yar., Jen. 



Only of occasional occurrence. A few records each year. 

 Cong'er. Conger vHh/rtris, Cuv., Yar. 



Plentiful in all the islands, forming an important branch of local fishery. 

 *GPeat Pipe Fish. Sijnfjuatlms acKs, Lin., Cuv., Yar. 



Common in the Zostera beds in all the islands. 



*Bpoad-nosed Pipe Fish. Si/nf/uathm tupidc 



Tolerably common ; with the last. 



*Snake Pipe Fish. Hungnathioi opUdwt^ Lin., Yar., Jen. 

 Plentiful, with the two preceding. 



*Worm Pipe Fish. SyngnathKs lumhruiformis, ^^w.^Yav. 



Tolerably common under stones in rocky places in all the islands. 

 *Sea Horse. ILippocampus hrevirostris. 



Occasional ; not plentiful. Jersey. Guernsey. 

 *SU11 Fish. OrthagoriHcus mohc, Flem., Jen., Yar. Tetniodoa moht, Lin. 



Occasional ; a few records each year in all the islands. 

 Lamprey. Petromgzon mnrbms, Lin., Flem., Yar. 



Kare. I have seen only two exarrples, both from Jersey. 



FRESH WATER FISHES. 



*CaPp. CgprinuH carpio, Lin., Flem., Yar. 



Common in ponds. Jersey. Guernsey. 

 Tench. I'ima vulgaris, Flem , Yar. 



Fairly common in ponds in Jersey. 

 Loach. Cobitus harhatns, Lin., Yar., Flem. 



Exceedingly abundant in streams in Jer.-ey. 



Three-spined Stickleback. GasUrostem vulgaris, Lin. 



Abundant in streams. Jersey. Guernsey. 

 Common Eel. AnguUla acuhrostris, Lin. 



Common in poods, ditches and streams in Jersey and Guernsey. 

 *TPOUt. Sahm fario, Lin., Yar., Jen. 



This species has in recent years been introduced into Jersey in private 

 ponds at St. Lawrence, and is fished on payment for permit. In Guernsey it 

 was introduced about fifteen years ago by Lord De Saumarez, who stocked 

 the ponds at Saumarez Park, Catel. 



RARE VISITORS. 



From time to time we have had records of unusual cap- 

 tures, by far the most noteworthy being the large and beautiful 

 Mediterranean fish Lt/rarns imperialism of which a fine 

 specimen was captured off St. Martin's Point, Guernsey, on 

 the 18th September, 11)02. A cast of it, and the skeleton of 

 the fish itself. Avhich is of great rarity in northern waters, are 

 now preserved in tlie Guille-Alles Museum. Another strange 

 and unaccountable visitor was the Prussian Carp {Cyprinus 

 c/ibeliom Bloch., Yar.) This example, which at first sight I 

 took to be a much overgrown Goldfish, was caught near the 

 harbour at St. Heller's, .Fersey, some four or five years ago. 

 An unknown Tryc/on (not T. pastinacea, the ordinary Euro- 



