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Scad (Trachurus tracliurus). — "Frequent off Lowestoft" 

 (J. H. Gurney in Nor. N. S.). " Has been taken off Claremont 

 Pier, Lowestoft " (Eobson). "Not so frequent off Aldeburgh " 

 (Whistler). " Before the herrings there comonly cometh a fish," 

 says Sir Thomas Browne, " about a foot long, by the fishermen 

 called an horse .... of a mixed shape between a mackerell & an 

 herring." It is known generally as the "Horse-Mackerel." 



Sword-fish {Xiphias gladius). — One brought into Lowestoft 

 on Sept. 27th, 1893. Length, 9 ft. It had been entangled in a 

 Herring-net. Another landed there, Sept. 27th, 1897. I under- 

 stand that one was also recorded in November, 1882. 



Little Goby (Gobius minutas). This tiny fish frequents the 

 estuaries all along the Suffolk coast. Haunts muddy resorts. 



Yellow-speckled Goby (G. auratus). — Preferring a sandy 

 habitat, this species abounds off the eastern coasts. I found 

 examples in the Southwold and Lowestoft boats. 



White Goby (Latrunculus albas). — I found one specimen in a 

 Southwold boat in June, 1906. [I have six Gobies on my Yar- 

 mouth list, and am convinced that they all would be found off 

 the Suffolk coast if carefully looked for.] 



Yellow Skulpin (Callionymus lyra).— Abundant off Gorleston. 

 I saw several at Lowestoft, August, 1909, in the Shrimp-catches. 



Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus). — " By some esteemed a 

 festiuall dish though it affordeth butt a glutinous jellie & the 

 skin is beset with stony knobs after no certain order " (Browne). 

 On Mr. Gunn's ' Fish List ' he refers to a fine example caught off 

 Lowestoft on Jan. 30fch, 1882; weight, 11 J lb.; length, 20J in. ; 

 girth, 26 in. The roe was developed and contained thousands 

 of eggs. Mr. Howard Bunn assures me that he has had this 

 fish " in all colours," and up to 28 lb. in weight. I have seen 

 numerous young ones taken by the Shrimp-boats in spring the 

 size of walnuts, which they much resemble in shape, of a rich 

 emerald-green colour. Hele, in 1 Notes about Aldeburgh,' men- 

 tions "an enormous specimen, weighing over fifteen pounds," 

 captured off that place, March 15th, 1868. Length, 22J in. 

 " Occasionally at Aldeburgh in trawl-nets " (Whistler). South- 

 wold (Wake). 



Sea-Snail {Liparis vulgaris). — Abundant all along the East 

 Coast. I found it plentiful among the "refuse" on Southwold 



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