Storer' s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 219 



son. Several of the small lakes in the Weslern District of New York, Dekay. Lake 

 Erie, Lesueur. 



Gadus lota, Pennant's A re t Zooi., Introd., p 191. 



'■ '• Run., Franklin's Journal, p, 724. 

 l, tdue lacuslris, Codfish of thfl Lakes MrrcniLL, Amer Month. Mag , u. p. 244. 

 Gadus maculosus, Eel-pout, Dog-fish, Lbsueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., i. p. S3. 

 Le Moke tachete (Mr>h;i marnlnsa), Lesubuk, Meraoires du Museum, v. p. 159, pi. 16. 

 Lola maculosa, Griffith's Cuv., x. p. 487. 



Gadua (Lota) maculosus (Cov.), Methy, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, ill. p. 248. 

 Lot. i maculosa, Eel-poul, Kirtland's Report, pp. 1 TO, 196. 



" " " Kirtlano, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist , iv. p. 24, pi. 3, fig. 1. 



" " Ling or Methy, Thompson's Hist, of Vermont, p. 146. 



" " Spoiled Burbol, Dekay's Report, p. 284, pi. 52, fig. 169. 



Note. Kirtland, in his observations upon this species, in the " Boston Journal of 

 Natural History," remarks that Lesueur is incorrect in giving this species the common 

 name of Dog-fish; that term is exclusively applied to the Amia calva. 



2. Lota compiessa, Lesceur. 



Body, in front of the first dorsal, cylindrical ; at extremities of pectorals, begins to be com- 

 pressed ; much compressed at posterior portion. Yellowish brown, variegated with darker 

 brown spots; abdomen white. Upon the lower portion of the second dorsal, a row of dark- 

 colored spots. Dorsal, anal, and caudal united together. 



D. (!). P- (?) V ('). A. (.'). C. (?) Length, to 8 inches. 



New Hampshire, Storer. Massachusetts, Lesueur. Connecticut, Linsley. 



Gadus compressus, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc, i. p. S4. 



Le Molve Hunt (Molvia Huntia), Lesueur, Memoires du Museum, v. p. 161. 



Lota compressa, Eel-poul, Storer's Report, p. 134. 



" " Thompson's Hist, of Vermont, p. 147. 



" Compressed Burbot, Dekay's Report, p. 285, pi. 78, figs. 244, 245. 



3. Lota brosmiana, Storer. 



Body broad in front of the dorsal ; compressed upon the sides, back of first dorsal, taper- 

 ing to tail. Yellowish in the recent fish, with a reddish tint upon the back, between the 

 back of the head and the origin of the dorsal. The top of the head and opercula fuliginous, 

 the latter with golden reflections. The second ray of the ventrals is as long again as the first, 

 and these two rays are disconnected from each other posteriorly, leaving the first free- 

 Dorsals of nearly equal height. 



D 10,71. P- 16 V. 6. A. 68. C 34. Storer. Length, 27 to 29 inches. 



D. 9, 71. P. 19. V. 7 A. 63. C 45. Dekay. 



New Hampshire, Storer. New York, Dekay. 



Lola brosmiana, Storer, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p 5^, pi. 5, rig. 1 (IE 19 

 Lola inornala, Plain Burbot, Dekay's Report, p. 283, pi. 45, fig. 145 (1842). 



Notwithstanding the difference in the radial formula of the caudal fin in Dekay's fish ai d 



mine, I cannot but believe they are identical. Dekay's specimen being a preserved one, the 



color had faded. 



