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LIST OF THE FISHES OF NOVA SCOTIA. 
(Corrected to date, 1879.) 
By J. MATTHEW JONES, 
THE following list comprises all the Fishes recorded to date as 
occurring in our waters. A few other fluviatile species doubtless 
exist in the more remote lakes and streams of the interior, and 
we may look forward to the occasional occurrence of additional 
boreal marine forms on our northern fishing banks, brought 
there under the influence of the cold arctic current which bears 
annually its burden of icebergs from Davis’ Strait; while the 
number of southern marine forms may also be augmented at in- 
tervals, by errant examples, thrown off during their northerly 
course, along the heated waters of the Gulf Stream. 
In the preparation of this list the author has received the 
generous assistance of his much esteemed friend, Prof. G. BRown 
Goopbk, of the Smithsonian Institution, Assistant U. States Fish 
Commission, who has kindly furnished a list of hitherto un- 
known species, procured from our fishing banks by the Commis- 
sion during the past three years, and revised in part the nomen- 
clature. 
Fam. GASTEROSTEID. 
1, GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS, L. ‘Two-spined Stickleback. 
Common. 
Fam. PERCIDA. 
2. Perca FLUVIATILIS, LZ. Perch. Perca flavescens, Stor. 
Common in most lakes and streams. 
3. Roccus LINEATUS (Schn.) Gill. Striped Bass. Labrax 
lineatus, Gunth. Common. 
4. MoRONE AMERICANA (Gimel.) Gill. White Perch. Labrax 
rufus, Gunth. Common. 
