BLACK BASS — MILLER’s THUMB — STICKLEBACK— BURBOT — CARP. 
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SMALL-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. Grystes dolomieu (Lacepede). 
The same remark applies to this as to the preceding ; it is very probable, 
however, that it is not specifically distinct. 
Division ACAN THOPTERYGII COTTO-SCOMBRIFORMES. 
Family C 0 T T I D ^ . 
MILLER’S THUMB. Coitus gobio, Linnaeus. 
“ Bullhead,” “ Tommy Logge.” 
Commonly distributed. — Harley noted it as common in the stream which 
fiows through Bradgate Park. 
Division ACANTHOPTERYGII GAS rROSTEIFORMES. 
Family GASTROSTEID^. 
THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK. Gastrosteus aculeatus, Linnaeus. 
“Tiddler,” “Jack Bannel,” “Robin,” “Soldier,” 
“Stuttle,” “Stut,” “Tittle-bat.” 
Commonly distributed. 
NINE-SPINED STICKLEBACK. Gastrosteus jpungitius, Linnaeus. 
“ Tinker.” 
Generally distributed, but perhaps not so common as the preceding. 
Division ANACANTHINI GADOIDEI. 
Family G A D I D iE . 
BURBOT. Lota vulgaris, Cuvier. 
“ Burbolt,” “ Eel-pout.” 
Harley recorded it as “ an irregular and uncertain visitant to the rivers 
of the county, save the Trent,” where it occurs plentifully. It has been 
“ occasionally taken in the Soar about Kegworth,” and Harley once saw one 
taken in an eel-net at Zouch Mills, near Loughborough. 
SOB-OEDEE PHYSOSTOMI. 
Family CYPEINID^. 
CARP. Cyprinus carpio, Linnaeus. 
According to Harley, it occurs in some parts of the river Soar, and 
abounds in pools such as those of Groby and Saddington. There are large 
