288 BIOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF 



Apeltes DeKay 



A. QUADRACus (Mitcliill). Four-spined Stickleback. Adult 

 specimens taken commonly on one occasion. Station : S 10. 



Syngnathidae 

 SiPHOSTOMA Kaup 



S. FuscuM (Storer). Pipefish. One specimen, 22 cm. long, 

 taken at surface near Corfield. 



Atherinidae 

 Menidia Bonaparte 



M. NOTATA (Mitcliill). Silver side. Several taken on one 

 occasion. Station : S 15. 



Cottidae 



Myoxocephalus Tilesius 



M. ocTODECEMSPiNosus (Mitchill). Longhorn Sculpin. Two 

 specimens, 30 and 45 mm. long, were taken in 47 feet of 

 water, among red algae. The top and sides of the head were 

 red, as were three broad transverse bands on the body. One 

 other was dredged in 55 feet of water. Stations : D 3, 62. 



Agonidae 

 Aspidophokoides Lacepede 



A. monopterygius (Bloch). Alligatorfish. One young adult, 

 85 mm. long, taken on rock bottom, in 69 feet of water. 



Cyclopteridae 

 Cyclopterus Artedi 



C. LUMPUs Linne. Lumpfish. One large male guarding its 

 eggs was taken June 25, 1926, just below low water, from the 

 piles at the Eastern Steamship Company pier at Northeast 

 Harbor. Young from 6 to 20 mm. long were taken adhering 

 to floating Laminaria, middle of June to middle of July. Sta- 

 tions: Dl,72, 75; 8 4,6,24,39. 



