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112. Remoropsis brachyptera (Lowe) Gill. Swokd-fish 

 Sucker. Echeneis quatuordecemlaminatus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 

 1867, p. 212, pi. xxxii, fig. 4. A parasite of the sword-fish (Xiphias 

 gladius) and not iinfrequently accompanying that species into Massa- 

 chusetts Bay. We have seen specimens from Newfoundland. 



113. Remora jaeobsea Lowe (Gill). A specimen labelled ''Eche- 

 neis remora," taken in Salem harbor, is in the museum of the Essex 

 Institute. It should be examined carefully before this species is per- 

 manently placed on the Massachusetts Bay list, though it is quite pos- 

 sible that an individual may have found its way to Salem, clinging to 

 the bottom of some vessel from a southern port. 



Family ATHERINID^. 



114. Chirostoma notatum (Mitch.) Gill. Silversides, Sand- 

 smelt. Atherina notata Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 87, pi. xvi, 

 fig. 1. Abundant in summer, in large schools in the shallow bays, 

 where they breed freely. 



Family MUGILID^. 



115. Mugil brasiliensis Agassiz. Striped Mullet. 3Iugil line- 

 atiis Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 39, pi. xvi, fig. 4. Storer re- 

 cords the capture of a single individual at Provincetown in November, 

 1851. 



Sub-order SYNENTOGNATHL 

 Family BELONID^. 



116. Belone longirostris (Mitch.) Gill. Belone truncata Sto- 

 rer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 18G7, p. 136, pi. xxiv, fig. 3. Occasionally as- 

 cending rivers far above tide water. 



Family SCOMBRESOCID^. 



117. Scombresox saurus (Walh.) Flem. "Bill-fish," Skip- 

 jack. Scomberesox storeri Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 137, pi. 

 xxiv, fig. 4. Schools of this remarkable species are occasionally seen 

 in the autumn. The Essex Institute has specimens collected in Mas- 

 sachusetts Bay, Oct., 1855, by C. F. Bobbins, and J. Chad wick. Capt. 

 Hurlbert has seen them as far north as Monhegan Island, Maine. 

 Putnam has recorded the occurrence of Hemirhamphus sp. in Danvers 

 Mill Pond. 



Sub-order HAPLOML 

 Family CYPRINODONTIDiE. 



118. Hydrargyra majalis (Walh.) Val. Banded Mummichog, 

 "Bass Fry," "Yellow Tail." Hydrargyra Jlavula Storer, Hist. Fish. 



