60 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



Two specimens from Newport, one 5| inches, the other 6 inches in length, are 

 in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia. 

 (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 61.) These are apparently the specimens 

 described by Jordan and Evermann, in "The Fishes of North America." 



60. Cypsilurus gibbifrons (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Two specimens only are known; one, the type specimen in the Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris, the other, a young specimen 8 inches long, 

 taken by Mr. Samuel Powell at Newport, R. I., and described by Jordan 

 in 1886. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 528.) 



GASTEROSTEID^. The Sticklebacks. 



61. Gasterosteus bispinosus (Walbaum). Two-spined Stickleback. 

 Geog. Dist. : From Labrador to New Jersey. 



Season in R. I.: Very common at all seasons. 



Reproduction: During July and August it spawns in nests guarded by the 

 male. 



63. Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill). Four-spined Stickleback. 

 Geog. Dist.: From Maine to New Jersey. 

 Season in R. I. : Common at all seasons. 

 Food: Copepods. 



FISTULARIID^. The Cornet-Fishes. 



63. Fistulariatabacaria (Linnaeus). Trumpet-fish. 

 Geog. Dist.: West Indies north to Woods Hole. 



SYNGNATHID^. The Pipe-Fishes. 



64. Siphostoma fuscum (Storer). Pipe-fish. 



Geog. Dist. : The Atlantic coast of the United States, Cape Ann to Virginia. 

 Season in R. I. : Common throughout the summer in the eelgrass along the 



shores and in salt ponds. Two specimens were taken in offshore waters 



in piu-se seines with menhaden in July, 1904. 

 Reproduction: Females with eggs and young were taken in Narragansett 



Bay March 22, 1897. (Dr. H. C. Bumpus, Science, 1898, 485.) 

 Food: Small Crustacea, amphipods and copepods. 



