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NOTES ON SOME RARE SEA-FISHES FOUND 
IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF GREAT YARMOUTH. 
By Arthur Patterson. 
Read 31st March , 1831. 
The following list of Fishes observed in the neighbourhood of 
Yarmouth, which arc either new to that locality or of very rare 
occurrence there, is the result of observations chiefly made 
since the year 1887, when I determined to verify the only 
list existing at that time, namely, that contained in the Messrs. 
Paget’s ‘Sketch of the Natural History of Yarmouth and 
its neighbourhood,’ published in 1834. In addition to the 
eighty-ono species there enumerated, the majority of which 
I have been able to confirm, I have a considerable number of 
now ones, bringing the total number up to one hundred and thirty 
species. Several of these I have had the pleasure of detecting 
for tho first time in Norfolk : these I have marked with an 
asterisk.* 
The neighbourhood of Yarmouth is, in my opinion, not a 
good working-ground, the fiat, sandy, shifting nature of the 
coast being very unfavourable to many species which might be 
looked for at a place like Cromer, where suitable hiding and 
feeding grounds afford the necessary attractions and protection. 
But, nevertheless, during the summer months when Shrimps 
abound, the so-called “Red Shrimps” or ^Esop’s Prawn ( Pawl alas 
annulicomis) in particular, a good number of species certainly are 
attracted thither by them, and any one who could in those months 
take frequent trips — as I hope in the coming season to be able to 
