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10. AcANTHocoTTUS viRGiNiANUs, Girafd. 



The cQinmon Sculjnn. 



Acanthocottus virginiamis, Girard, Proc. Bosl. Soc. Nal. Hist. Ill, 

 1850, 187. — Coitus virginianus, Storer, Rep. — DeKay, New York 

 Fauna, Fishes, 51, plate v, fig. 13. 



A dried specimen of a sculpin was given uie by Mr. Ashmead, which, 

 unfortunately, was mislaid and lost. It was taken in the winter, but 

 does not seem to be abundant. 



11. BoLEOsoMA Fusi FORME, Girard. 

 Darter. 



Boleosoma fusiforme. Girard, Proc. Bost. iSoc. Nat. Hist. V, 41. 



The only specimens procured were taken from Cedar Swamp creek, 

 at Littleworth, where it was seen lying motionless at the bottom of the 

 water, darting off swiftly when disturbed. 



12. Gasterosteus quadracus, Mitch. 



SticMehacJc. 



Gasterosteua quadracus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. and Philos. Soc. 430, 

 plate i, fig. 11. DeKav, New York Fauna, Fishes, 67, plate vi, 

 fig. 18. 



Reddish olive above; sides with a broad but ill-defined band of 

 mottled dark brown, of irregular outline, extending from the snout to 

 the tail, with finer mottlings of the same above and below. This is 

 sometimes broken up into irregular mottlings of dark and lighter brown, 

 with better defined and larger blotches of darker interspersed. 



Region of lateral line generally lighter ; lower part of cheeks and 

 under parts yellowish silvery ; fins, transparent with dark mottlings 

 on the rays ; ventrals red behind the anterior spine. 



A few specimens were taken, at intervals, in the salt-ponds in the 

 meadows, or among the grass and sea-cabbage of the bay. They were 

 most abundant in Ludley's run, at the crossing of the Cape May road ; 

 where the water is perfectly fresh at low tide, and brackish at high 

 water. Here they kept along and underneath the bank, whence they 

 were dislodged with considerable difficulty. This species was also 

 taken in the brackish waters about Sing Sing, New York. 



