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Page 153. Gunnellns mucronatus. Mr. Yarrell, with the Amer- 

 ican fish before him, pronounces it to " be in every respect so sim- 

 ilar to the British Gunnel, (Murcenoides guttata) that there is little 

 doubt it is the same species. 1 ' 



Page 162. Lophius Americanus. Until some one has, on com- 

 parison, pointed out some differences between our fish and the L. 

 piscatorius of Linneus, Pennant and others, we must continue to 

 regard them as identical. 



Page 168. Batrackus tau. This species cannot be identified 

 with the description while living, because the two lines which form 

 the T only appear in the dried specimen. 



Page 174. Ctenolabrus uni-notatus is merely a variety of the 

 common Burgall, as may be readily seen in the fish-market. 



Page 194. Labeo gibbosus, and page 199, Catostomus tuber- 

 culatus. So far from having claim to be arranged under different 

 genera, Mr. W. O. Ayres, of East Hartford, Conn., has determined 

 that they are not even distinct species. 



Page 204. Stilbe chrysoleucas. Dr. De Kay has separated this 

 fish from Leuciscus and formed a new genus, because he says 

 there is " a short spine before the dorsal fin, which is short. Anal 

 fin long." Klein characterizes the anal fin of Leuciscus as " short." 

 Nor has Dr. S. been able to find the vestige of a spine in eleven 

 specimens which he has recently examined. In all other respects 

 it is clearly a Leuciscus, and the L. chrysoleucas. 



Page 216. Fundulus fasciatus. This is an Hydrargira of Le 

 Sueur. Dr. S. dissents from Dr. De Kay as to the imperfect elab- 

 oration of this genus. 



Page 233. Fistularia tabacaria. The two specimens alluded 

 to as having been obtained by Dr. Smith from Martha's Vineyard, 

 have long been in the possession of the Society. One of these 

 Dr. S. described in his report as the F. serrata. The identical 

 specimen was sent to Dr. De Kay, who also described and figured 

 it (p. 232,) as F. serrata. 



Page 243. Osmerus viridescens. In his catalogue, Dr. S. 

 gave this as the O. eperlanus of Artedi, on the authority of Cuvier ; 

 and he has yet to learn that it is distinct from the European smelt. 



Page 244. Baione fontinalis. This new genus has been formed 

 upon what was unquestionably a young brook trout. (Sahno fon- 

 tinalis. ) 



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