Fish

Fish are poorly represented in our collections. Most are preserved in spirit or as mounts. There are some examples of fish prepared by J Cooper, T E Gunn and Ogden Smith in the Hampshire collections.

Common Name	Genus/Species	Quantity	Preserved as
Angler fish	Lophius piscatorius (L.)	1	skeletal
Barbel	Barbus barbus	1	mount
Blenny, Tompot	Parablennius gattorugine (Brunnich)	2	spirit
Bream, Common	Abramis brama (L)	1	mount
Butterfish	Pholis gunnellus (L.)	2	spirit
Chub	Leuciscus cephalus (L.)	4	spirit mount
Dace	Leuciscus leuciscus (L.)	1	mount
Dog fish	Scyliorhinus canicula (L.)	2	spirit
Eel	Anguilla anguilla L.	6 (+ no of juvs)	spirit mount
Goby, Rock	Gobius paganellus	1	spirit
Goby, two spotted	Gobiusculus flavescens (Fab.)	2	spirit
Grey Mullet, Thick-lipped	Chelon labrosus (Risso)	1	spirit
Lamprey, Brook	Lampetra planeri (Bloch)	1	spirit
Lumpsucker	Cyclopterus lumpus L.	1	spirit
Pike	Esox lucius L.	5	mount
Pipefish, Worm	Nerophis lumbriciformis (Jenyns)	1	spirit
Plaice	Pleuronectes platessa L	1	spirit
Puffer fish	Lagocephalus lagocephalus (L.)	1	mount
Rockling, Five-bearded	Ciliata mustela (L.)	3	spirit
Sea Scorpion, Long-spined	Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen)	6	spirit
Sea Scorpion, Short-spined	Myoxocephalus scorpius (L.)	2	spirit
Sea Snail, Montagu’s	Liparis montagui (Donovan)	2	spirit
Shanny	Lipophrys pholis (L.)	2	spirit
Stickleback, Fifteen-spined	Spinachia spinachia (L.)	1	spirit
Stickleback, Three-spined	Gasterosteus aculeatus L.	3	spirit
Tench	Tinca tinca (L.)	2	mount
Trout, Brown	Salmo trutta L.	7	spirit mount
Weever, Lesser	Echiichthys viper (Cuvier)	1	spirit
Wrasse, Corkwing	Symphodus melops (L.)	2	spirit
Wrasse, Cuckoo	Labrus merula L.	1	spirit
Wrasse, Goldsinny	Ctenolabrus rupestris (L.)	1	spirit

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Fish