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B utterfish . — Gun nellus vulgaris. 



Gunnellus vulgaris Nilss., Skand. Faun., iv, p. 200. 



" mucronatus DeKay, p. 153, pi. 12, fig. 36. 



" « Cuv. et Val., xi, p. 427. 



Blennius gunnellus Rich., Faun. Bor. Amer., p. 91. 



« " Lacep., ii, p. 503. 



Centronotus gunnellus Gunth., Cat. Fishes, iii, p. 285. 



" " Bloch., Schn., p. 167. 



Murcenoides guttata Storer, Fishes of Mass., p. 65. 



In the transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural 

 Science (Part i, p. 50) I described this species from specimens 

 forwarded to me by the Rev. J. Ambrose, who procured them with 

 the dredge, in twelve to fourteen fathoms water, at the entrance of 

 St. Margaret's Bay, in August 1860. I find that they are com- 

 mon on the coast, and afford food for the more voracious ground- 

 feeders. DeKay's G. mucronatus does not coincide in color with the 

 present species; but as it particularly corresponds in all other re- 

 spects, I scarcely consider this variation a sufficient reason for dis- 

 puting its identity, as all ichthyologists are aware how many fami- 

 liar forms vary in the color of their markings, although beyond all 

 doubt belonging to the same species. 



Wolf-Fish. — Anarrliicas lupus. 



Anarrhicas lupus Linn., Syst., i, p. 430. 



« « Fabr., Faun. Grcenl., p. 138, n. 97. 



" « Lacep., ii, pp. 299, 300, pi. 9, fig. 2. 



" » Rich., Faun. Bor. Amer., p. 95. 



« « Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, ed. 3, ii., p. 384. 



" » Gunth., Brit. Mus. Cat., iii, p. 208. 



« " DeKay, p. 158, pi. 16, fig. 43. 



« » Nilss., Skand. Faun., iv, p. 208. 



" maculatus Bloch., Schn., p. 496. 



A very common fish in our waters, and perhaps the most vora- 

 cious of all. When taken from the water it is covered with a thick 

 coating of slime, which renders it difficult to be taken hold of. In 

 February 1863, when examining the Greenland shark (Scymnus 

 borealis) which had been taken by some of our fishermen, I observed 

 two of these wolf-fish, of good size, protruding from its mouth, the 

 shark having disgorged them after its capture. 



Angler. — Lophius piscatorius. 



Lophius piscatorius Linn., Syst., i, p. 402. 



« " Cuv. et Val., xii, p. 344, pi. 362. 



