LIST OF LOCAL FISHES 116 



Family COTTID^E 

 (Mostly marine) 



204. Coitus gracilis Meckel. Blob. Locally common. Resident. 



(Fresh-water). 



205. Myoxocephalus ceneus (Mitch.) Brassy Sculpin. Uncommon. 



Resident. 



206. Myoxocephalus mitchilli (C. & V.) Mitchill's Sculpin. Rare. 



207. Myoxocephalus grcenlandicus (C. & V.) Daddy Sculpin. Acci- 



dental. 



208. Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus (Mitch.) Hacklehead. Com- 



mon. September to May. Occasional in summer. 



209. H ernitr ipterus americanus {Gmelin). Sea Raven. Tolerably com- 



mon. April and May, August (G. E. Hix), September to 

 December. 



Family AGONID.^ 

 (Marine) 



210. Aspidophoroides monoptcrygius (Bloch). Sea Poacher. Acci- 



dental. Summer. (There is doubt if this species has occurred 

 here naturally above twenty-five fathoms depth.) 



Family CYCLOPTERIDiE 

 (Marine) 



211. Cyclopterus lunipus Linn. Lumpfish. Uncommon. April and May. 



Family TRIGLIDiE 

 (Marine) 



212. Prionotus carolinus (Linn.) Carolina Sea Robin. Common 



May to November 21. 



213. Prionotus evolans strigatus (C. & V.) Striped Sea Robin. Com- 



mon. May to November 4. 



Family CEPHALACANTHIDiE 



(Marine) 



214. Cephalacanthus volitans (Linn.) Flying Gurnard. Occasional. 



August to October. 



Family GOBIID^ 

 (Marine) 



215. Gobiosoma hosci (Lac.) Naked Goby. Tolerably common. 



Autumn. 



