1. GASTEK06TECS. 7 



The eighth spine one-third lower tlian the second dorsal. No 

 scales whatever on the body. (Rich.) 



Fresh waters from the Saskatchewan to the Great Bear Lake. 



This species may be identical -svith the former. 



10. Gasterosteus quadracus. 



Gasterosteus quadracus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. i^- Phil. Soc. i. p. 430. pi. 1. 



f. 11 (bad); Cuv. Sf Val. iv. p. 504; Dekay, Netc York Fauna, 



pi. G. f. 18. 

 — ^ apeltes, Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 505 ; Storer, Heport, p. 31. 

 ? miUepunctatus, Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 294. 



pi. 12. f. 3. 



D. 3-4U,. A.;^. 



I 12 lU 



No bony cuirass between the ventral tins ; without any scaly 

 plates, and no keel on the side of the tail. 

 Fresh waters of New York. 



11. Gasterosteus spinachia. 



Aculeatus vel Pimgitius mariims longus, Schonev. p. 10. t. 4. f. 3; 



Willuyhby, p. 340; Ray, p. 145. 

 Gasterosteus no. 3, Artecli, Genera, p. 52 ; Gronov. Zoophi/l. no. 407. 

 spinachia, Linn. Syst. p. 492 ; Moch, t. 53. f. 1 ; Bl. S'chn. p. 123. 



t. 33. f. 2 ; Lacep. iii. p. 301 ; JJonor. Brit. Fishes, ii. pi. 45 ; Turt. 



Brit. Faun. p. 101 ; Fk'vi. Brit. Anim. p. 219 ; Cur. i)- Val. iv. 



p. 509; Ekstr. Fische Mdrko, p. 163; Fries och Ekstr. p. 21. t. 4. 



f. 3 ; Jen. Man. p. 351 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 101 ; Thompson, 



I. c. p. 104 ; Parn. I. e. p. 38. pi. 26 ; White, Catal. Brit. Fishes, 



p. 30. 

 Centi'iscus, sp., KMn, Pise. Miss. iv. p. 48. no. 1. t. 4. f. 5. 

 Gasterosteus marinas, Gronor. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 168, 

 Spinachia vulgaris, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 219. 



D. 15 I 6-7. A. 6-7. P. 10. V. 1/1. Cajc. pylor. 2. 

 Vert. 18/23. 



Back with fifteen free spines. Body laterally covered with scaly 

 plates. 



Along all the northern European coasts. 



a. Adult. Plymouth. Museum Leach. 



b. Adult : skin. Plymouth. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 c-h. Adult. Brighton. Presented by J. G. Cliildi'en, Esq. 

 i. Adult. Brighton. Presented by Dr. A. Gunther. 



k. Adult. English Channel. 



/. Large female specimen. Wales, Presented by Mrs. Gray. 



m-p. Half-grown. South Wales. Presented by F. Stokes, Esq. 



q. Adult. Bei-wick on Tweed, Presented by Dr. Johnston. 



'•. Very large specimen : not good state. Polperro. Presented by 



J. Couch, Esq. 

 s-w. Adult and half-grown specimens. Frith of Forth. 

 .v-i. Adult and half-grown specimens, Europe. 



