132 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TELEOSTOMI. ACAXTH(M'TERI. 



BATRACHOIDIDAi:. 



304. Opsaxus t.vu (Linne). 



Toadfish. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1S9S, pt. 3, p. 

 2315. 



Gadus tail Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1 , pt. 1 , p. 440. "in 



CAROLINA." 



Bairachus iau Linne. Storer, ^lem. Amer. acad. 1855, vol. 5, p. 

 271, pi. 19, %. 1-2. 



Me.— Kittery [?] (Holmes 1862). 



Mass. — Holmes Hole (Storer 1839); Tisbury (Storer 1855); 

 Cohasset (B. S. X. H., Bryant coll.) ; Ix)n^ Point Creek (B. S. N. H., 

 1S74); ^lassachusetts Bay (Goode & Bean 1879); INIenemsha 

 Bight (Kendall coll. 1896);' \Yoods Hole (Baird 1873; Bean 1880 

 and Smith 1898). 



R. L— Narragansett Bay (R. I. fish comm. 1998). 



Conn.— Noank (Bean 1880). 



PHOLIDIDAE. 



305. Pholis gunnellus (Linne). 

 Butterfish; Rockeel. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2419; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 342, fig. 832. 



Bhnnius gunnellus Linn^, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 257. 

 "in Oceano Atlaxtico." 



Gunnellus mucronatus Cuv. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1855, 

 vol. 5, p. 260, pi. 17, fig. 2. 



Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard. Storer, ^lem. amer. acad., 

 1855, vol. 5, p. 261, pi. 17, fig. 3. 



Me. — Along the whole coast. Eastport (U. S. nat. mus. 1872; 



