106 FISHES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK 



Family ARGENTINID^E 



(Ascending fresh-water streams from the sea) 



84. Osmerus mordax (Mitch.) Smelt. Common. Resident. 



Family SYNODONTID^ 



(Marine) 



85. Synodus f/ftens (Linn.) Lizard Fish. Sometimes common. 



October to October 30. 



Family ANGUILLID^ 



86. Anguilla rostrata Le Sueur. Common Eel. Abundant. Resident. 



(Fresh and salt water). 



Family LEPTOCEPHALID^ 



87. Leptocephalus conger (Linn.) Conger Eel. "Sea Eel." Uncom- 



mon. Summer to December 30. (Marine). 



Family UMBRID^l 

 (Fresh-water) 



88. Umbra pygmcea (De Kay) . Mud Minnow. Common. Resident. 



Family ESOCID^ 

 (Fresh water) 



89. Esox americanus (Gmelin). Banded Pickerel "Pike." Toler- 



ably common. Resident. 



90. Esox reticulatus (Le Sueur). Chained Pickerel. Tolerably com- 



mon. Resident. 



Family PCECILIIDjE 



(Mostly salt-water) 



91. Fundulus majalis (Walb.) Bass Killy. Abundant. Resident. 



92. Fundulus heteroditus macrolepidotus (Walb.) Mummichog. 



Common Killy. Abundant. Resident. 



93. Fundulus diaphanus (Le Sueur). Fresh-water Killy. Common. 



Resident. (Fresh- water) . 



94. Fundulus luciae (Baird). Lucy's Killy. Occasional. July. 



(Fowler, Science, October 15, 1909). 



95. Lucania parva (Baird & Girard). Rain-water Fish. Common. 



(Fresh and brackish water). 



96. Cyprinodon variegatus Lac. Shcepshead Minnow. Abundant. 

 Resident . 



