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57. Eumicrotremus spinosus (Fabricius) Gill. Spiny Lump- 

 fish. Lumpus spinosits Storer, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1846, p. 230. Cy- 

 clopterus spinosus Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii, 1861, p. 157. Dis- 

 covered by tlie U. S. Fish Commission in the deep water of Massa- 

 chusetts Bay. Previously known only from Greenland. 



Family LIPARIDID^. 



58. Liparis vulgaris Fleming. Striped Lump-sucker. Liparis 

 vulgaris Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iii, 1861, p. 169; Putnam, 

 Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1874, p. 335. A resident of rocky bot- 

 toms among the roots of the kelp (Laminaria saccharina). Mr. J. H. 

 Sears was the first to discover this species in the vicinity of Salem, 

 or indeed in New England, collecting several specimens among the 

 kelp near Baker's Island, in six feet of water. 



59. Liparis Montagui Donovan. Dark Lump-sucker. Liparis 

 Sp. allied to L. arctica Putnam, in Storer's Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 

 280. Liparis Montagui Putnam, Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1874, 

 p. 335. With the preceding species, but less frequent. Putnam, in 

 his papers quoted above, refers to specimens collected by Mr. Alexan- 

 der and himself at Salem and Nahant. 



60. Liparis ranula Goode & Bean. Proc. U. S. National Mus., ii, 

 1879. A single specimen was trawled by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 off Chebucto Head, N. S., at a depth of fifty-two fathoms. 



Family TRIGLID^. 



61. Prionotus evolans {Linn.) Gill. Striped Sea-robin. Prio- 

 notus lineatus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 16, pi. v, fig. 4. This 

 species is included with a query in a notice of several fishes of rare 

 occurrence, by Dr. Henry Wheatland, in the Journal of the Essex Co. 

 Natural History Society, 1852, p. 124. Its occurrence north of Cape 

 Cod is still unconfirmed. 



62. Prionotus carolinus {Linn.) Cuv. & Val. Web-fingered 

 Sea-robin. Prionotus pahnipes Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 18, 

 pi. V, fig. 1. Storer records the capture of this species at Green 

 Island and Phillips' Point, Lynn. Specimens from Salem are in the 

 museum of the Essex Institute. We have examined the supposed 

 type of P. pilatus Storer, in the museum of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History. It appears to be identical with P. punctatus, but 

 the origin of the specimen is somewhat doubtful. 



Family AGONIDiE. 



63. Aspidophoroides monopterygius Block., Storer. Green- 



