b GASTEROSTEID.E. 



7. Gasterosteus pungitius. 



D. 9|1. A.—. P. 11. V. 1/1. 



I 9 9- 1 ' 



Nine vciy shoi-t isolated dorsal spines ; the tenth spine two-thirds 

 lower than the second dorsal. Sides naked, the caudal keel some- 

 times Avith very thin scales. 



Northern parts of Europe ; England, France, North Germany, 

 Baltic. Northern parts of America ; Newfoundland ; New York. 



A. European variety : Gasterosteus ptjngitius. 



Pisciciili acideati alteram genus, Rondel, ii. p. 206. 

 Piscicidus pimgitivus, Gesnvr, fol. 160 a. 



acideatus minor, WiUughhy, p. 342 ; Ray, p. 145. 



Pungitii alterum genus, Aldrov. v. cap. 36; Jonsfon, tab. 28. fig. a. 



(left-hand figure). 

 Gasterosteus no. 2, Artedi, Spec. p. 97 ; Gronov. Zoaphi/l. n. 406. 

 pungitius, Linn. Syst. p. 491 ; Gronov. Si/st. ed. Ch-ay, p. 167 ; 



Bl. ii. p. 108. t. 53. f. 4; Bl. Schn. p. 123'; Lacep. iii. p. 297; 



Donov. Brit. Fishes, ii. pi. 32 ; Pallas, Zooqr. iii. p. 228 ; Turton, 



Brit. Faun. p. 101; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 219; Cut: 8,- Val. iv. p. 506 ; 



Thompson, I. c. p. 103 ; Ekstrihn. Fische Morkii, p. 159 ; Fries och 



Ekstr. p. 20. pi. 4. f. 2 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishe.i, i. p. 99 ; Parn. I. c. 



p. 37. t. 26 ; JFhite, Catal. Brit. Fishes, p. 36. 



a. Adult. Battersea Fields. Museum Leach. 



h-d. Adult. Cobham (Surrey). Museum Leach. 



€. Many specimens. Gotha Eiver, Sweden. 



/. Adult : not good state. Baltic. From the Haslar Collection. 



(/, h. Adult. 



V, h. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



B. American variety : Gasteeostetis occidentalis. 



Gasterosteus occidentalis, Ciiv. ^ Val. iv. p. 509 ; Dekay, New York 

 Fauna, p. 68. pi. 42. f. 135. 



pungitius, Storer, Rep. Mass. p. 32. 



nebulosus, Ayass. Lake Superior, p. 310. pi. 4. f. 2. 



Z-/1. Adult. North America. 



8. Gasterosteus mainensis. 



Storer, Bost. Journ. i. p. 464. 



D.7|i. A.i. 



Back with seven spines, the last longest ; a broad oblong serrated 

 plate on the side, -with numerous dusky transverse bands. 

 Fresh water. Maine. 



9. Gasterosteus concinnus. 



Richardson, Fai/n. Bor.-Aiut'r., Fishes, p. 57. 



D. 7|f A.f V. 1/1. 



