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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



ROUGH NOTES ON THE FISH AND FISHERIES 



OF EAST SUFFOLK. 



By Arthur H. Patterson. 



(Continued from p. 392.) 



List of East Suffolk Fishes. 



Thrise-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). — It is safe 

 to state that this species in its several varieties is plentifully 

 distributed in all the ponds and ditches in the county. I found 

 near Lowestoft examples of the Rough-tailed (G. trachurus) and 

 Quarter-armed [G. gymnurus). 



Ten-spined Stickleback (G. pungitius). — I have found this in 

 company with the Three-spined, in ditches bordering on the 

 Waveney. Mr. C. W. Long informs me it is found in ditches 

 near Oulton, and also in the Ham, between Lowestoft and Oulton 

 Broad. 



Fifteen-spined Stickleback (G. spinachia). — Said to have 

 been taken in the estuary of the Aide. 



Perch (Percafluviatilis).-- Much has been written of "the 

 bold-biting Perch " as an inhabitant of Suffolk waters. Browne* 

 makes reference : — " Perca or Pearch great & small. Whereof 

 such as are in Braden on this side Yarmouth in the mixed water 

 make a dish very daintie & I think scarce to bee bettered in 

 England." Lubbockt referred to the species (1848) as plentiful 

 in the Bure and Waveney. He cites St. Olave's as a "celebrated 

 station for anglers," where, " if Shrimps are up as high as the 

 bridge, it is generally found that Perch are there also." The 

 favourite bait used by anglers was the Ditch Prawn (Palcemon 

 varians), which abounds in the brackish marshland ditches. To- 

 day St. Olave's would be the last place chosen for Perch-fishing, 



* 1 Natural History of Norfolk,' by Sir Thos. Browne. Edited by the 

 late T. Southwell, p. 52. 1902. 



f 1 Observations on Fauna of Norfolk,' by Richard Lubbock. Second 

 edition, with notes and additions, by the late T, Southwell, p. 191. 1879. 



