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FaxMIly XIIL— ESOCID^. 



25. ESOX Linn. 



37. E. reticulatvis LeS. Green Pickerel. 



"Not hitherto appeared in any of our waters, although 



introduced into head-waters of St. Croix." Adams. 

 Quite common on Lower St. John and its affluents. 



Family XIV.— ANGUILLID^. 



26. ANGUILLA Thunberg. 



38. A. rostrata (LeS.) DeKay. A. vulgaris. Common Eel. 

 "Taken in every situation it can reach." Does not occur 



above the Grand Falls, St. John River Albinoes 

 sometimes met with. 



27. CONGER Cuvier. 



39. C. niger (Risso) Jor. and Gilb. Aiiguilla oceanica. 



Conger Eel. 

 "A specimen taken in Pokemouche Gully in October, 1849." 



Family XV.— SCOMBERESOCID^E. 



28. SCOMBERESOX Lac. 



40. S. saiirus Walbaum. Bill Fish. 



Bay of Fundy, Dr. Bailey. Miramichi Bay, Dr. A. C. Smith. 



Family XVL— GASTEROSTEID^E. 



29. GASTEROSTEUS Linn. 



41. G. pungitius L. G. occidentalis, 



Many-spined Stickleback. 

 "Plentiful, spawning in July." Adams. 



42. G. inconstans Kirtland. Five-sjnned Stickleback. 

 Not uncommon on the Lower St. John. 



