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was presented to tlie United States National Mnsenm bj' Prof. Robert 

 Collett. The agreement between these two in all essential i)articulars 

 is very striking. We may safely record this species, then, at least as 

 far south as Eastport. The true Cottus scorpius may be distinguished 

 from the sub-species which follows by its narrower interorbital distance, 

 and the lesser length of the dorsal spines, particularly the anterior ones. 



Table of Measurements. 

 Species, Cottus scorpius Linn. 



Current number of specimen . 

 Locality 



21,742 a, d- 

 Cumberland Gulf. 



21,989, ?. 



Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



Millime- 

 tres. 



Extreme lenj^tb 



Length to origin of midtUe caudal rays 



Body: 



Greatest height 



Greatest width (at pectoral base) 



Height at vent rals 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Distance from snout to nape 



Greatest width at base of praeop. spines 



Width of interorbital area 



Length of snout 



Length of upper jaw 



Length of mandible 



Distance from snout to orbit 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length from end of dorsal to origin of mid- 

 dle caudal rays 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spine 



Length of fourth spine 



Length of fifth spine 



Length of sixth spine 



Length of seventh spine 



Length of eighth spme 



Length of ninth spine 



Length of tenth spine 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal: 



Length of middle rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout (upper axil) 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branchiostegals j 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral j 



Ventral 



169 

 140 



Right VI) 

 Left VII 5 

 X, 16 

 14 

 Right 19? 

 Left J 8 5 

 1,3 



10,374, juv. 

 Eastport, Me. 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



38 

 26 

 23 



9 



m 



20 

 10 



34 

 23 



10 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 10 



9 



6 



3h 

 16 



5 



Milli- 

 metres. 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



180 

 150 



VI 



X,16 

 13 



17 



1,3 



27 

 23 



4i 



9 



18 

 20 

 10 



64 



24 



7 

 14 



Ci 



Milli- 

 metres. 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



VI 



EX, 15 

 14 



17 



1,3 



24 

 20 

 24 

 64 



11 

 12 

 13 

 12 

 11 

 10 



8 



5i 



3 



