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pectorals short, not reaching anal; axil prickly, as in species of 

 Head :\.\ ; depth 5. D. V1II-17; A. 11 or 12. Great Lakes, 

 mostly in deep water. 



(Ci>ltn* fi-niikHiii Agassi/. Lake Superior, IPfiO, 303: Cottu/t franklini Girard, 1. c. 53: 

 CuHiix fi-mikl'ini'i Giinthrr, ii, l.~>s : .' (;,UHX forinonus Girard, 1. c. ^": I'nmiiha kiunlicHi 

 Hoy. MSS. : Nr'son, 15ull. Ills. Mus. Nat. Ui.st. 1870,41: I'ranidca kumlienii Jordan, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sd. 1'hila. 1877, G4.) 



1O7O. H. hoyi Putnam. 



Grayish olive, speckled and barred. Body rather slender. Female 

 with the anterior parts of body and region above lateral line covered 

 M ith sparse prickles; male apparently smooth. Head narrowed for- 

 wards ; jaws narrow, about equal; maxillary reaching front of pupil; 

 preopercular spine prominent, longer than pupil, sharp, almost 

 straight, directed backwards and but little upwards; below this is 

 another sharp, prominent spine, also nearly straight, directed partly 

 downwards; 1 or 2 minute concealed spines still lower; pectoral fins 

 reaching vent. 1). Vl-15; A. 11 ; V. I, 3. L. barely 2 inches. Lake 

 .Michigan, in deep water; the smallest species, well distinguished by 

 its preopercular spine. 



(Putnam MSS. Nelson. Bull. Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist. 1876, 41; Jordan, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Pbila. 1-77, 63.) 



367. COTTUS* Linnaeus. 

 (AoanthocottHS Girard.) 



(. \m-di; Linnaeus, Syst. Nat.: type Coitus scorpius L.) 



Body rather slender, subl'usiform, covered with thick skin, in which 

 are sometimes imbedded prickly plates, especially along lateral line; de- 

 ciduous granular tubercles also sometimes present, but no true scales. 

 Hi ad lai-e. .Month terminal, large, the lower jaw included; villiibrm 

 teeth on tjie jaws and vomer, none on the palatines; suborbital stay 

 Mron-; preopercle with 2 Strong straight spines above directed back- 

 ward, and 1 below directed downward and forward; opercle, nasal 



I'atlltx lid I'll ii xi ( 'll\ . iV Vill. 



^ . lic.u Ni, \\iih dark ma ridings; *]iinrs of lir.st dursal ratln-r strung; hc.-id Miiooth; 

 puint ul' |in-o|n-r'lc nut n-arliin.n upi'irlc. 1 1. VIII-lfi; A. 1^; C. 10; 1*. 1,-. Kaint- 

 scliatka. ( t'ur. ,( /'/.) 



(Cn\. A \'al. i\, I'M). I'ruin ;i drawing.) 



i nl/iiH iniiniiin-iiliiH ( 'n\ . A Val. 



llru\\ ni-li. A i-.. miirli ni:iil>l.-d : tins v:n ic^.-itcd : lii'st ilursal^vitli a larjjo Mack spot; 

 ',' --t ron L; >] pines In-l'uri- ! In- eye) '-' >lmrl .spi iii-s un tin- prroprn-lr ; ;i rathi-r >t run^ spine 

 nu upi'ivlr ; dursnl spines rather strong. D.VIII-14; A. 1'2; C. 14. Kanitschatka. 



(I'ur. .V / '//. ) 

 (Cuv. vV Val. iv, 497, from a drawing.) 



