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Fundulus parvipinnis, Gir. 2191. 



Fundulus pisculentus, Val. Common Kitli fish: Munimichog. 



2190. 



Family Eocidte. 

 (The Pikes.) 

 Esox reticulatus, Le Sueur. Jack: Pickerel; Green Pike. 

 2195. 



Order 8. Apodes. 

 (The Eels.) 



Family Ang:uillidffi. 

 (True Eels ) 



Anguilla rostrata, De Kay. Eel. 2193. 

 Anguilla vulgaris, Turton. Eel. 2194. 



Order 9. Synentognathi. 

 Family Scomberesocidce. 



(Gar-fishes and Flying fishes.) 



Exoccetus californicus, Cooper. Flying Fish. 2199. 



This species sometimes flies for a distance of a quarter of a 

 mile, usually rising three or four feet. Some species jump twenty 

 feet above the water. Its motion is very swift, and it is able to 

 turn in its course to shun an obstacle. 



Tylosurus longirostris, J. and G. Gar Pike: Needle Fish. 

 2 196. 



The bones in this genus are green, yet the flesh is said to 1 e 

 good eating. The lower jaw, when growing is longer than the upper. 



Order 10. Lophobranchi. 

 Family Sygnathidae. 



(Pipe-fishes.) 



Siphostoma fuscum, J. and G. Common Pipe Fish. 2197. 



Family Hippocampodte. 

 (Sea Horses.) 



Hippocampus heptagonus, Raf. Sea Horse. 2198. 

 Order 1 1 . Heseibranchi. 

 Family Gasterosterdae. 



(The Siicklebacks. ) 



Opeltes quadracus, Brevort. 2202 



Gasterosteus aculeatus, L. Common Stickleback. 2200. 



Common to Atlantic and Pacific coasts of N. Am. Noted for 



