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HIPPOCAMPUS ANTIQUORUM, Leach. Occasionally taken dur- 
ing the summer months; a Gulf-stream migrant no 
doubt. 
Fam. SCLERODERMI. 
BALIsTES CAPRiscUS, Gm. A specimen taken at St. Mar- 
garet’s Bay, is in the Halifax Museum. 
STEPHANOLEPIS SETIFER, Bean. Monocanthus _ setifer. 
Gunth. Occasional specimens are taken in shore 
waters. The Rev. John Ambrose kindly forwarded 
one to the author about twelve years ago which was 
secured at St. Margaret’s Bay. It is described in 
Trans. N. 8. Inst. Nat. Se., Vol. I., Pt. 1, p. 53. 
Fam. GYMNODONTES. 
Mota roTunDA, Cuv. Sun-fish. Orthagoriscus mola, 
Gunth, Rare. A specimen five feet six inches in 
length taken in Halifax Harbour, October, 1873. 
Described by Dr. Gilpin, Trans. N.S. Inst. Nat. Se., 
Vol. TIL, p. 343. 
Fam. ACIPENSERIDA. 
ACIPENSER sTuRIO, L. Sturgeon. Occasionally taken. 
Fam LAMNID#, 
ALOPIAS VULPES (Z.) Bon. Alopecias vulpes, Gunth. 
Thresher. Occasionally taken in fishing nets, to their 
great detriment. A fine specimen in the collection 
of King’s College, Windsor, N. 8. 
CETORHINUS MAXIMUS (L.) Blainv. Basking Shark. Sel- 
ache maxima, Gunth. From descriptions given by 
different observers we have no doubt as to the occur- 
rence of this species on the coast. 
Fam. SPINACID4, 
SquaLus acanTutas, L. Dog-fish. <Acanthias vulgaris, 
Gunth. Common on the fishing grounds. 
CENTROSCYLLIUM Fapricu (Rein.) Mull. & Henle. Fishing- 
banks off the coast (U.S. F. C.) 
