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A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 17. Minnow. Lfuciscus phoxinus, hinn. Plentiful in places, but not generally dis- tributed. 18. Tench. Tinea vulgaris, Cuv. Common in the deeper pools and ponds, up to 5 lb. weight. 19. Bream. Abramis brama, Linn. Common in the Nene, but with the excep- tion of one or two lakes practically unknown elsewhere. 20. White Bream. Abramis blicca, Linn. Adults occasionally taken, but scarce ; young up to 6 inches however frequent, and locally called ' shallow.' 2 1 . Bleak. Alhurnus lucicJus, Heck. & Kner. Fairly common in the Nene. 22. Loach. Nemachilus barbatu/us, Linn. Formerly very common, but now much more scarce. 23. Spined Loach. Cobitis tariia, Linn. One single specimen was taken by Captain Vipan on a ford near Wansford. MALACOPTERYGII 24. Salmon. Salmo salar, Linn. Was rare in the Nene in Morton's time. Captain Vipan heard of one taken some years ago at Alwalton and given to the late Hon. Charles Fitzwilliam. 25. Trout. Salmo trutta, Linn. The brown trout {S. fario, Linn.) is rather plentiful in some of the streams ; few in the Nene. Indigenous to most small streams in the county, but Loch Levens were introduced into Teston reservoir, Northampton, and Cransley reservoir, Kettering. Specimens nearly 8 lb. weight have been taken. 26. Smelt. Osmerus eperlanus, Linn. In the spring ascends the river as far up as Peterborough. APODES 27. Eel. Anguilla vulgaris, Turt. Very common. GANOIDS 28. Sturgeon. Acipenser sturio, Linn. Specimens up to 8 feet long and 152 lb. weight occasionally ascended the Nene above Peterborough in Morton's days. Captain Vipan remembers one some years ago at Woodston Stanch near Peterborough. CYCLOSTOMES 29. Sea Lamprey. Petromyzon marinus, Linn, presented by Mr. W. T. Tomalin to the Morton records a specimen 4 feet long from Northampton Museum, the Nene. One was taken at Elton in an eel- 30. Lampern. Petromyzon ^uviaiilis, Linn, trap. May, 1898, weighing 2i lb., and was Plentiful in brooks running into the Nene. 109