storms are washed up on the beach of the 

 Sound, through the whole winter. Among 

 their numerous varieties of color, I, the 

 last season, saw several specimens which 

 had their entire surface banded with 

 alternate vertical lines of black and light 

 brown, presenting the appearance so 

 singular, that at first I supposed them to 

 be of a distinct species. I have found the 

 dorsal fin rays sometimes 18-10, at others 

 18-11 and at still others 17-11." p. 263. 



Baird, F. T., Jr., and R. L. Dow. 



1966. The marine sport fishery and resource 

 in Maine. Dept. of Sea and Shore Fisheries, 

 Augusta, Maine. 



The current recreational use of the cunner 

 in Maine is deemed "extensive." 



Baird, S. F. 



1873a. Report on the condition of the se^ 

 fisheries of the south coast of New England 

 in 1871 and 1872. Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish 

 Fish, for 1871-1872: i-xU. 



Reference is made to the cunner as a 

 predator of fish eggs and young fry. p. 

 xxix. 



Baird, S. F. 



1873b. List of fishes collected at Woods 

 Hole. Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish Fish, for 

 1871-1872: 823-827. 

 The cunner is listed. 



Baird, S. F. 



1889. The sea fisheries of eastern North 

 America. Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish Fish, for 

 1886, Append. A: 3-224. 



The distribution is given as Newfoundland 

 to Cape Hatteras. Citations are scattered 

 throughout the text. 



Bauchot, M. L. 



1963. Catalogue critique des types de 

 poissons du Museum National d'Histoire 

 Naturelle. Part I - Famille des Labridae. 

 Publications du Museum National d'Histoire 

 NatureUe, Paris, No. 20. 195 pp. 



This gives brief descriptions of specimens 



in the museum collection. 



Bean, T. H. 



1881. Check-list of duplicates of North 

 American fishes, distributed by the 

 Smithsonian Institution in behalf of the 

 United States National Museum, 1877-1880. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1880, 3: 75-116. 

 Cunner specimens are listed. 



Bean, T. H. 



1884. List of the fishes collected by the U. S. 

 Fish Commission at Wood's Holl (sic), 

 Massachusetts, during the summer of 1881. 

 Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish Fish, for 1882, 10: 

 339-344. 



Cunner is listed. 



Bean, T. H. 



1885. Notes upon an exploration on Long 

 Island Sound. Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. for 

 1885,5:33. 



Tautog and cunner are more abundant in 

 inlets. 



Bean, T. H. 



1888. Report on the fishes observed in Great 

 Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey, during the 

 summer of 1887. Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. for 

 1887,7: 129-154. 



"A single example, 4 1/4 inches long, was 

 seined at the Beesley's Point, August 11, 

 in the grass near the river mouth. The 

 species is called 'bengal' at Somers Point, 

 probably a corruption of bergaU." p. 137. 



Bean, T. H. 



1897. Notes upon New York fishes received 

 at the New York Aquarium, 1895-1897. Bull. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9: 327-375. 



"Cunner.-Found throughout the year. 



Hardy in the aquarium. Individuals have 



been kept three years or longer. The food 



is chiefly hard clams." p. 368. 



Bean, T. H. 



1901. Catalogue of the fishes of Long Island, 

 with notes upon their distribution, common 

 names, habits, and rate of growth. N. Y. 

 Forest Fish Game Comm., 6th Annu. Rep.: 

 373-478. 



The natural history is briefly described. 

 The range is given as Labrador to New 

 Jersey. "At Woods Hole, Mass., where the 

 fish remain in eel grass in winter. 



