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Order BATOIDEI 



Rajidae 

 Raja Cuvier 

 R. EEixACEA Mitchell. Bonnet skate. Taken on trawls. Sta- 

 tions : D 13, 21. 



R. DiAPHANEs Mitchell. Spotted skate. Taken with the pre- 

 ceding, apparently more nnmerous. Stations : D 13, 21. 



R. STABULiroRis Garman. Barndoor skate. Also with the 

 preceding-, but usually not common. Stations : D 13, 21. 



Subclass TELEOSTOMI 

 Order TELBOSTEI 



Anguillidae 

 ANGUHiLA Ciivier 

 A. RosTRATA (Lesucur). Eel. In streams and brackish estu- 

 aries. Stations : S 10, 25. Very large specimens from Witch 

 Hole Pond. 



Poecilidae 

 FuNDULUS Cuvier and Valenciennes 



F. HETEROCLiTus (Liuue). Minnow. Near shore in shallow 

 bays, also in Northeast Branch. Ripe specimens taken the 

 middle of July. Stations : S 6, 10, 15, 25, 35. 



Gasterosteidae 

 PuNGiTius Costa 

 P. PUNGITIUS (Linne). Nine-spined Stickleback. A few 

 seined in coves with gravel bottoms. Stations : S 6, 9. 



Gasterosteus Artedi 



G. ACULEATUS Liuuc. Thrce-spiiied Stickleback. Found in 

 similar situations to the preceding, common at S 9 and 10. 

 Nearly ripe females have been taken the middle of July. Ex- 

 amination of stomach contents showed the specimens at S 9 

 to have been feeding 'on Coroph'uim volutator, Gammarus due- 

 heni, copepod metanauplii, and fish eggs. Stations: S 6, 9, 

 10, 20. 



