32. COTTTTS. Jg3 



!w^\^/TT*^'i ^^^^'^^S> hoA^ever, some flat and smooth warts 

 above the lateral line ; it is a female 



anJrays"''^ '^'''™''' '^'''' ^^'^ ^^"^ ^^"^* ^''^ '"^ having fourteen 



^Jhtl'lTl^^^' somewhat faded; the upper parts are brown, 

 with some darker spots ; the pectoral, dorsal, and caudal fins appeal 



nar^nf fW?'*^'?(,*^' '^'\' ^'^^ '^^™°g"^d in bands. The lower 

 part of the sides with several white spots. 



Totallength incites, line. 



Length of the head j n 



Greatest height of the body i g 



Smallest height of the tail 4 



Greatest width of the body ,,][ 1 9 



Width of the space between the eyes ... 5 



Horizontal diameter of the eye 4 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine ...... 10 



of the ninth dorsal ray 11 



of the sixth anal ray 10 



— of the caudal j 1 



of the pectoral 1 q 



of the ventral 1 3 



12. Cottus labradoricus. 



Ac^anthocottus labradoricus, Girard, Bost. Jotcrn. Nat. Hist. vi. 1850, 



B. 6. D. 8 I 17. A. 14. V. 1/3. 



Two spijies above the snout, one above the orbit, and two pairs 

 on the crown Foui- praeopercular spines, two of which are situated 

 t^J^t ""^Ti!' "PP."' ^°^ ^^^^S" ^^^ ^«°g<^«t' ^-atlier less than the 

 ^^o V 1 -.t^^' / ^^"^^ "^ granulated plates above the lateral 

 line; back with scattered bony plates. (Qir ) 



Coast of Labrador. 



13. Cottus octodecim-spinosus. 



Scorpius virginianus, WiUmjhby, App. p. 25. pi. 10. f. 15. 

 Cottus scoi-puis, Schoepff, 8cknft. Naturf. Freunde Berl. viii. p. 145 

 "Tn^^SO r^"''PiTf-' ^^'H'5 Tram.' Lit. SfPhihs. Soc. New York, 

 p 46 '■ ^ ^^' P' ' ^i^^<^rds. Faun. Bor. Amer. Fishes, 



~^i'fp'"5r5f5Tlf'^-'^"" P- '"' ^^'''^' ^^'^^^'-^ ^~' 

 ^?463"""'''^'^'^' ^''"' -^"""^^^o'^- <^'>«<«'^- i- ^- Pl. 3. f. 26-29, 

 D- 9 I 16. A. 13-14. Caec. pylor. 6. Vert. 13/23. 



pwrd^i^^?"' above the snout and four on the crovvn, the latter 

 placed m a quadrangle, much longer than broad. Three praoper- 



nhe^e"' th T".f T^;? " '?"^-''^^ ^'^"^•^^ t^- theCeter 

 tne eye. The height of the spinous dorsal is rather more than 



M 2 



