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and six feet in length ! A typical angler's story ! Oulton Broad 

 is noted for its Pike. 



Garfish {Belone vulgaris). — Sometimes numerously taken in 

 Herring- and Mackerel-nets. Mr. Whistler, of Aldeburgh, in- 

 forms me of some men fishing from a barge in the Aide taking 

 three Garfish on hooks baited with Lug worms, an unusual 

 circumstance. This fish is not in much repute, although good 

 eating. It is esteemed oily, and prejudice exists against its green 

 bones ; these are, however, perfectly innocuous. 



Greater Flying Fish (Exocoetas volitans). — I place this very 

 rare straggler upon this list with a certain amount of reserve, 

 and only on the authority of Wake (Southwold). There is a 

 pectoral fin from a fish of this species now in Norwich Museum, 

 of which Mr. T. E. Gunn makes statement as follows : — " Speci- 

 men caught off Yarmouth, May 23rd, 1868. . . . Only known 

 instance on this part of the eastern coast. I submitted it to the 

 late Dr. J. E. Gray, of the British Museum, who identified the 

 species for me." I am not myself disposed to doubt Dr. Wake's 

 statement. It has on several occasions been taken off the 

 English coasts. 



Carp (Cyprinus carpio). — I have once or twice known ex- 

 amples taken, half-dead, on Breydon, brought down stream by 

 the ebb tides ; one of them scaled 7 lb. Occurs in some Suffolk 

 ponds ; also in Oulton Broad, but is seldom taken. " Large one 

 netted at Lound Bun in 1907, weight 12 lb." (C. W. Long). 



Gold-Fish (C. auratus). — Acclimatized in some private ponds. 



Crucian Carp (Carassius vulgaris). — This species occurs in 

 Fritton Lake, and from what I gather from Mr. B. J. Canova, 

 in more than one Suffolk pond. The species grows to a length 

 of some seven inches, but is exceedingly deep-bodied and thick. 

 Whereas the iris of the Common Carp is golden, that of the 

 Crucian is silvery- white : a 3^ in. example sent me by Mr. 

 Canova in July, 1909, from the neighbourhood of Southwold, 

 exhibited these features, the deep-set eyes being curiously 

 staring. It was large with ova. It is known to hybridize freely 

 with the Common Carp ; and Day very truthfully records its 

 hardiness; like the Prussian Carp, it will live "in localities 

 wherein the impurities are sufficient to destroy most other fish." 



Prussian Carp (G. gibelio). — It was with considerable trouble 



