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THE FISHES OF LEICESTERSHUIE AND RUTLAND, 
Sub-class TELEOSTOMl. 
Order ACTINOPTEEI. 
Sub-order PHYSOCLYBTI. 
Division ACANTHOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES. 
Family PERCIDiE. 
PERCH. Perea jiuviatilis, Linnaeus. 
Commonly distributed. — In the Leicester Museum there is a cast of a 
specimen taken at Saddington, in 1885, by Mr. J. Benskin, which weighed just 
under three pounds. Mr. J. Smith presented one to the Museum, taken hy 
Mr. Roche at Aylestone, 17th July, 1886, which weighed 2 lbs. 2 oz. Keen, 
the fishing-tackle maker of Church-gate, reports a fine Perch, taken at Wistow, 
some years ago, by Mr. Blakiston, which turned the scale at 5 lbs. In the 
early part of 1888, Thornton Reservoir, which absolutely swarmed with Perch, 
to the entire destruction of the Trout-fishing (see p. 190), was cleaned out and 
netted, when some fine Perch were taken, Mr. Macaulay reporting a brace 
which weighed 9 lbs., and Pinchen shewed me, amongst others, one which 
weighed 3| lbs. from there. 
I have taken, at Thornton, several specimens with blunt heads or rounded 
noses, evidently a malformation, which appears, however, persistent, 
RUFFE. Acerina cernua (Linnseusj. 
“ Daddy Ruffe,” “ Jack Ruffe,” “ Pope.” 
According to Harley, “ occurs in most of our canals and small streams, 
especially in those which take their rise in Charnwood Forest,” and I have seen 
it taken from the Soar at Aylestone, 
LARGE-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. Grystes salmoides (Lacepede). 
“ Growler.” 
In Rutland. — The Most Honourable the Marquis of Exeter writes me, in 
answer to my question if the Black Bass had been introduced into this county 
by him : — “ No ; only into Northamptonshire, though I have turned a good 
many into the Welland, and the fish may have mounted the stream where it 
divides Northamptonshire from Rutland. G. Watson, Esq., has, however, turned 
a good number of both Large and Small-mouthed Black Bass into the Welland 
below Rockingham Castle.” I print this, therefore, in case the fish be caught 
in the Welland from the Rutland or Leicestershire side. 
