250 



PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OP 



[1886. 



from Newfoundland. This record needs verification, and is prob- 

 ably the result of an error in labeling. 



Comparative Measurements in Hundreds of Length to Base 



OF Caudal. 



Depth of Body 



Caudal Peduncle, . . . . 



Length of Head, 



Interorbital space, 



Snout, 



Operculum, . . ' 



Orbit, 



First Dorsal Spine from Snout,. 



Height, 



Antecedent Spine, 



First ray, 



Last ray, 



Anal from Snout, 



Height of Spine 



First ray, 



Last ray, ........ 



Caudal, 



Pectoral from Snout, . . . . 



Length, 



Ventral from Snout, . . . 

 Length, ....'.... 

 Innominate bones 





17 



18 



25 



4 



8 



27 

 6 



30 



c 



eft 



c 

 o 



o3 

 be 







o 

 o 



30 

 10 

 34 



8 

 42 



15 

 17 



39 

 15 

 44 



14 





26 

 14 

 32 



7 



11 

 9 



40 

 9 

 3 



14 



70 



2 



12 



15 

 17 



3S 



17 

 45 

 13 



- 

 O 



a 



s 



32 

 20 

 25 



7 

 30 

 11 



58 

 8 



16 



29 

 17 

 33 

 16 



List of Nominal Species of Gasterosteid^, Arranged in 

 Chronological Order, with Identification. 



(Tenable Specific Names are In Italics.) 



Nominal Species. Date, 



Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758, 



Ga.&teTOstevLS pun(/itius Linnaeus, 1758, 



Gasterosteus spinachia Linnseus, 1758, 



Gasterosteus pungitius Walbaum, 1792, 



Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum, 1792, 



Gasterosteus cataphracius Pallas, 1811, 



Identification. 



Gastrosteus aculeatus. 

 Pygostens pungitius. 

 Spinachia spinachia. 

 Pygosteus pungitius. 

 Gasterosteus aculeatus. 

 Gasterosteus cataphractus. 



