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in all the rivers and estuaries. In Dr. Day's 1 Fishes ' is a note 

 from Mr. T. Southwell, as follows: — " Mr. Gurney informs me 

 that he used to find the Sharp-nosed Eel at Lowestoft along the 

 coast, sometimes nearly a mile from the harbour's mouth — very 

 healthy but never large : 2 lb. would be the maximum weight of 

 these salt-water Eels." A Yellow Eel, 1 ft. long, is stated to 

 have been taken in the Waveney in 1875, and sent to the 

 Kensington Museum (Palmer's * Perlustration of Great Yar- 

 mouth '). There are a few Eel-sets on the Waveney. In the 

 Catalogue of the International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883, is an 

 Eel listed among the exhibits shown by W. Howlett, of New- 

 market, as follows: — "Freshwater Eel, taken in Suffolk; 

 weight 30 lb. 



Conger (Conger vulgaris). — This exclusively marine species 

 is common off Southwold and Lowestoft. I saw one brought 

 by a "punter" into Aldeburgh in August, 1909. Is taken off 

 Claremont Pier, Lowestoft, by sea-anglers. Example taken in 

 Southwold Bay in January, 1907 ; weight 531b. ; length 6 ft. 8J in. 

 The dorsal fin commences much nearer the head in the Conger 

 than in the Common Eel. 



Broad-nosed Pipe Fish (Siphonostoma typhle). — Three sent 

 me from Lowestoft, March 3rd, 1907. 



Greater Pipefish (Syngnathus acus). — Lowestoft : I saw four 

 young ones in a shrimper's catch on August 13th, 1909. 



Worm Pipefish (Nerophis lumbrieiformis). — Southwold (Wake). 



Hippocampus {Hippocampus antiquorum). — Of this species 

 Mr. Dutt assures me that " Mr. F. Stebbings, who used to live in 

 Lowestoft, had a specimen which was said to have been taken 

 locally, but I could not learn its history." A small example is 

 stated to have been taken in a fisherman's net in 1861, at 

 Lowestoft (Palmer's ' Perlustration of Yarmouth '). 



Sunfish {Orthagoriscus mola). — This species has occasionally 

 been taken entangled in the Herring-nets off the East Coast. 

 Mr. Dutt informs me that he " c.in remember three being 

 exhibited in fishmongers' shops here " (Lowestoft). Mr. Howard 

 Bunn tells me he has only received tivo examples for preserva- 

 tion in twenty years. Southwold (Hele). 



Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio). — Recorded for Southwold 



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