caught with hook aud line, June 1867, weighed upwards of 2 Ihs.” 
— T. E. Gunn. 
Clupea pilchardus (Cuv.) Pilchard. 
Yarmouth, “ Some few generally taken every year in the herring 
nets ; in some years they have been abundant.” — P. “ Though 
this sea aboundeth not with pilchards, yet they are commonly 
taken among herrings ; hut few esteem thereof or eat them .” — Sir 
T. Browne. 
FaM. XXVII. — SvMBRANCHIDiE. 
Anguilla vulgaris (Flem.) Sharp-nosed Eel. 
Very common. Mr. Lubbock says that one was caught near 
Norwich which weighed upwards of 20 lbs. 
“ One taken in the Ouse at Denver Sluice, 22nd October, 1867, 
and its dimensions recorded in ‘ Land and Water,’ of the 28th of 
that month, by E. A. Austin, Esq., Sydney Sussex Coll. Camb. ; 
were, length 5 ft. 8 in., girth 17-J in., weight 36 lbs.” — “Fauna 
of Norfolk.” 
Anguilla latirostris (Eisso.) Broad-nosed Eel. 
Common. Mr. Gurney thinks it decidedly less abundant in 
East Norfolk than the preceding species. He has seen it from the 
Upper Yare and the Tudd, and has heard of it as inhabiting 
Saham Mere. On August 16th, 1866, (recorded by Mr. T. E. 
Gunn, in the Zoologist,) “ One of these eels was netted in the 
Bure at Horning, which weighed lbs., was 3 ft. 8 in. long, and 
10 in. in girth.” 
Conger Vulgaris (Cuv.) Conger. 
Norfolk Estuary. Not uncommon. Yarmouth. — P. “ One 
weighing nearly 50 lbs., caught in 1808.” Cromer. — J. H. G. 
Order V. — Lophobranchii. Fam. II. — SvGNATHiDiE. 
Siphonostoma typhle (L.) Broad-nosed Pipe-fish. 
Norfolk Estuary. One which was taken at Heacham is in the 
Norwich Museum. Yarmouth. — P. LoAvestoft. — J. H. G. 
Sygnathus acus (li.) Greater Pipe-fish. 
Common. 
