I40 The Ottawa Naturalist. [September 



LIST OF FRESH-WATER FISHES OF THE GASPt^ 

 PENINSULA, P. O., WITH NOTES ON THEIR DIS- 

 TRIBUTION IN THE MARITIAHi PROVINCES. 



By run. 1. II' Cox. 



1. Perca AMERICANA, Schranck. YelloiL' Perch. 



Metapedia River and Lake. Does not occur in the 

 peninsula proper. Common in the Maritime Provinces. 



2. COTTUS RICHARD.SONII, Agassiz. Millers TJuiinh. 



In all the Gaspe rivers, except those empt\'ing into Gaspe, 

 Basin. A very variable form. Northern N. B. 



3. COTTUS RICHARD.SONII, Agassiz. 



A peculiar variety from Bonaventure River, distinguished 

 by its black colour, tad-pole shape, and wide separation of the 

 dorsals. 



4. Uranidea CRACILIS, (Heckel) Putnam. Millers Thumb. 



Metapedia and Nouvelle, P. O.. Green River, Victoria 

 Co., N. B. 



5. URANIDEABOLEOIDES!(Girard J Jordan. Millers TJnunb. 



Metapedia, with the last, from which it is scarcely specifically 

 separate. Miramichi and St. John ri\ers, N. B. 



6. Ceratichthys PLU.MBEUS, Gunthcr. C. prostheuiius. Cope. 



Metapedia River and Lake. A heavy stou. form peculiar 

 also to the lakes in St. John Co., X. B. 



7. Ceratichthys plumbeus, var. — 



Grand Cascapedia ; Nouvelle Lakes, New Carlisle; Grand 

 Palbos. Differs from the type in the marked posterior insertion 

 of the dorsal, short head, absence of barbel, scale formula, and 

 crimson lateral band. An e.xceedingly handsome fish. 



8. Ceratichthys plumbeus, Gunther. 



Little Cascapedia. Temiscouata Lake and the St John 

 River, and Black River, Northumberland Co., N. B. The most 

 .usual type. 



