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1856. Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus). Nine-spined stickleback. 



Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 296, Europe; 



after Gasterosteus aculeis in dorso decern Artedi. 

 Gasterosteus la^vis Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, II, 1829, 170, streams of 



France. ^ 



Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



IV, 1829, 509, Newfoundland; not G. occidentalis Linnaeus, unrec- 

 ognized, probably a species of Carangida. 

 Gasterosteus concinnus Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Ill, 1836, 57, 



Saskatchewan River and Great Bear Lake. 

 Gasterosteus nebulosus Agassiz, Lake Superior, 1850, 310, pi. 4, fig. 4, 



Lake Superior. 

 Gasterosteus dekayi Agassiz, Lake Superior, 1850, 311, New York. 

 Gasterosteus lotharingus Blanchard, Poiss. France, 1866, 244, Lorraine. 

 Gasterosteus breviceps Blanchard, loc. cit., 1866, 245, Caen, France. 

 Gasterostea blanchardi Sauvage, Revision des Epinochcs, 1874, 32, New 



York. 



1857. Pungitius mainensis (Storer). 



Kennebec River, Me.; a form or species with seven dorsal spines. 

 Gasterosteus mainensis Storer, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist.. I, 1837, 464, 

 Kennebec County, Me. 



1858. Pungitius brachypoda (Bean). 



BafTins Bay, Greenland. A form with 10 dorsal spines and the ventral 



spines very small. 

 Gasterosteus pungitius brachypoda Bean, Bull. U. fe. Nat. Mus., XV, 



1879, 129, Oosooadlin Mountain, Cumberland Gulf, Greenland. 



Subfamily APELTIN^ 



Genus 631. APELTES DeKay. Four-spined slicklrhack. 



Apelles DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 87 {Gasterosteus quadracua 

 Mitchill). 



1859. Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill). 



Maine to New Jersey, in salt water only. 



Gasterosteus quadracua Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, I 1815 



430, New York. 

 Gasterosteus apeltes Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 



1829, 505, no locality. 

 Gasterosteus millipunctatus Ayres, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., I, 1842, 294, 



Old Mans Harbor, Long Island. 



Subfamily SPINACHIIN^ 



Genus 632. SPINACHIA Cuvier. 



Spinachia Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed I, 1817, 320 (Gasterosteus spinachia 



Linnaeus). 

 Polycanthus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish., Amphib., etc., II, 1839, 242 



(Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus). 

 Gastrsra Sauvage, Revision des Epinoches, 1874, 7 (Gasterosteus 



spinachia Linnaeus). 



1860. Spinachia spinachia (Linnaeus). 



Coasts of northern Europe; recorded from Newfoundland. 

 Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 442. 

 Spinachia vulgaris Fleming, Brit. Anim., 1828, 210. 

 Gasterosteus marinus Gronow, Cat. Fish., 1854, 168. 



Family 150. AULORHYNCHIDiE 



Genus 633. AULORHYNCHUS Gill. 



Aulorhynchus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 169 (A. 



flavidus Gill). 

 A ulisrops Peters, Berliner Monatsberichte, 1866, 670 (A. spinescena 

 PeteraJ . 



