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1. PYGOSTEUS. 

 1. P. pungitius. 



Gasterosteus aculeis in dorso decern Artecli, Gen. Pise, 52, 1738. 

 Oasterosteus pungitius LmnsBua, Syst. Nat., Edit, x, L. 296, 1758 (bastd 

 on Artedi) (and of European authors generally); Storer, Rept. Fish. 

 Mass., 32, 1839 (Salem); Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 10 

 (Boston); Goode & Bean, Fish. Essex Co. and Mass. Bay, 5, 1879 

 (Salem Pond); Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 77 (Wood's HoU); 

 Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 128 (Hudson Bay); Jordan and 

 Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 393, 1883 ; Steams, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1883, 124 (Labrador). 

 Pygosteus pungitius Forbes, Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist., iii, 69, 1880 

 (Calumet R.; Lake Michigan); Jordan, Ohio Geol. Rep., 999, 1882 

 (Name only); Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 63, 1885. 

 Gasterosteus pungitivus Walbaum, Artedi Piscum, 446, 1792 (After 



Artedi). 

 Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons, 

 iv, 509, 1829 (Newfoundland); Dekay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., 68, plate 

 XLH, fig. 135, 1842 (New York) ; Jordan, Cat. Freshwater Fish. 

 U. S., 441, 1878 (Name only). 

 Gasterosteus pungitius var. occidentalis Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 



i, 6, 1859 (North America). 

 Pygosteus occidentalis (Brevoort MSS.) Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. 

 A., 39, 1861 (East Coast); Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A., 16, 

 1873 (Name only); Jordan, Man. Vert., 248, 1876 (Great Lakes); 

 Goode, Bull., xiv, TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 53, 1879 (Name only); Goode, 

 Bull, xxi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 31, 1880 (Name only). 

 Gasterostea occidentalis Sauvage, Revision des Epinoches 30, plate i, 



fig. 18, 1874 (Newfoundland). 

 Gasterosteus concinnus Richardson, "Fauna Bor. America, iii, 57," 

 1836 (Saskatchawan and Mackenzie Rivers); Dekay, Nat. Hist. N. 

 Y., 68, 1842 (Northern regions); Giinther, Cat. Fish, Brit. Mus., i, 

 6, 1859 (copied). 

 Pygosteus concinnus Jordan & Copeland, Checklist N. A. Fresh Water 

 Fish., 40, 1876 ; Jordan, Cat. Fresh Water Fish N. A., 441,' 1878 

 (Name only). 

 Gasterostea concinna Sauvage, Revision des EiJinoches, 35, 1874 (Name 



only), 

 Gasterosteus mainensis Storer, Boston Journal Nat. Sci., i, 465, 1837 

 (Kennebec Co., Maine); Dekay, Nat, Hist. N. Y., 68, 1842 (copied); 

 Giinther, Cat. Fish, Brit, Mus., i, 6, 1859 (copied); Sauvage, Revi- 

 sion des Epinoches, 33, 1874 (copied). 

 Pygosteus mainensis Jordan & Copeland, Checklist N. A. Fresh Water 

 Fish, 140, 1870 (Name only); Jordan, Cat. Fresh Water Fish N. A., 

 441, 1878 (Name only). 



