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LANDER. Aspidophoroides monopterygius Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., 

 i, 1855, p. 148; Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 32, pi. viii, fig. 1. 

 An arctic species, occurring in great abundance in the deeper parts of 

 the bay, and even as far south as Watch Hill, R. I. Storer had speci- 

 mens from the stomachs of haddock, taken in Massachusetts Bay. 



Family COTTID^. 



64. Cottus oetodecimspinosTis Mitchill. Sculpin, Toad-fish. 

 Acanthocottus virginianus Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., i, 1855, p. 148; 

 Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 28, pi. iv, fig. 2. A common resi- 

 dent species. 



65. Cottus scorpius Linn. Norway Sculpin. Cottus scorpius 

 Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, p. 158. In an unpublished memoir 

 Dr. Bean has demonstrated the occurrence of this species in Maine. 



66. Cottus scorpius L. subsp. grcEnlandicus. "Daddy Scul- 

 PIN," "Grubby," Greknland Sculpin. Acanthocottus variabilis Put- 

 nam, Proc. Essex Inst., i, 1855, p. 148; Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, 

 p. 26, pi iv, fig. 1. A very common resident of the bays, particularly 

 in winter. 



67. Cottus seneus (Mitchill) Cuv. & Val. Pigmy Sculpix, 

 "Grubby." Cottus ceneus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, N. Y., 

 1815, p. 381 ; DeKay, Zool. N. Y., Fishes, 1842, p. 52. (Not figure.) A 

 common resident of shallow water. The Essex Institute has a speci- 

 men collected at Gloucester, May, 1859, by G H. Price, labelled " C. 

 Groenlandicus young," also from Salem, 1859, collected by Caleb Cooke. 



68. Uranidea gracilis (Heckel) Gill. River Bull-head. Cot- 

 tus gracilis Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 24, pi. iv, fig. 3. This 

 species occurs in the streams of eastern New England, and doubtless 

 in Essex County, though we have no record of its capture within its 

 limits. 



69. Centridermichthys uncinatus {Beinh.) Giinther. Hook- 

 eared Sculpix. Centridermichthys uncinatus Giinther, Cat. Fish. 

 Brit. Mus., ii, 1860, p. 172. A species very abundant in the deepest 

 parts of the bay. 



70. Triglops Pingelii Beinh. Mailed Sculpix. Triglops Pin- 

 gelii Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 1860, p. 173. Triglops pleura- 

 stictus Cope. Occasionally taken in company with the preceding. An 

 arctic species. 



Family HEMITRIPTERID^. 



71. Hemitripterus americanus CGmel.) Storer. Sea-raven. 

 Hemitripterus acadianus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 35, pi. vii, 

 fig. 4. Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., i, 1855, p. 148. Common in deep 



