306 Peacock: Fishes of Bottesford Parish, N. Lines. 



Perch. Perca fluviatilis L. In Bottesford Moors pond, where 

 it was introduced I believe. Often in the outfalls of our 

 drains and claypits. Largest weight, 3 lbs. 



Roach. Leuciscus rutilus L. Rarely found below water mill. 



Dace. Leuciscus vulgaris Flem. Common in the beck and 

 drains. 



Bream. Abramis brama L. Beck and drain outfalls. 5 lbs. 



Silver Bream. Abramis blicca Bloch. The same places as 

 last. 



Dab. Pleuronectes flesus L. In beck below water mill, and 

 river Trent drains. 



Minnow. Leuciscus phoxinus L. Beck outfall. 



Three-spined Stickleback. Gastrosteus aculeatus L. In 



our fresh and brackish waters. 



Ten-spined Stickleback. Gastrosteus pungitius L. In the 



drains with the last. 



Gudgeon. Gobio fluviatilis Flem. In the beck above and 

 below mill. 



Carp. Cyprinus carpio L. Introduced into Bottesford Moors 

 fishpond. 



Tench. Tinea vulgaris Cuv. In beck outfall and drains, and 

 Moors fishpond. 



Loach. Nemachilus barbatulus L. In beck and drain out- 

 falls at times. 



Sturgeon. Acipenser sturio L. Sometimes gets out of the 

 Trent into drain outfalls. 



Bullhead. Cottus gobio L. The same. 



Sea-trout. Salmo trutta Flem. The same. 



Smelt. Osmerus eperlanus L. The same. 



Conger. Conger vulgaris Cuv. The same. 



Lampern. Petromyzon fluviatilis L. The same. 



This is only a list of the fish I have observed in Bottesford 

 Parish at various times during the last twenty-five years. 

 I cannot speak of the Trent fishes, a full list still wants writing. 

 The fish of Bottesford Beck are now destroyed chiefly by sewage 

 from Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Crosby, and Ashby, but also by 

 the gas water from the ironworks. This list would have been 

 true from 1870-1880, hardly later in every particular. 



Naturalist, 



