Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk

Note 71 — NOTES ON CERTAIN FISHES AND MARINE ANIMALS FOUND IN NORFOLK.

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The Smelt, Osmerus eperlanus, is abundant in the shallow waters and estuaries on the Norfolk coast in spring, ascending the fresh-water rivers to spawn. The small fish called a Primme by Browne, may be the Atherine (Atherina presbyter), which is also found in our waters, where it is often mistaken for the Smelt, but I have not heard it called by the former name.

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