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haps doubtful, though I include it as the original label is tied to 
the fish, and states that it is from the old Ashmead collection. 
Mr. Eugene Smith records it from the Saddle River and the 
Hackensack. 
Cottus gracilis EK. Smith, Proc. Linn, Soc. N. Y., IX, 1896, 
p. 48. 
Genus MyoxocrpHALus Tilesius. 
The Great Sculpins. 
Key to the species. 
a. Upper preopercular spine shorter than eye; anal Io. ZENEUS 
ua. Upper preopercular spine very long, longer than eye, reaching beyond tip 
of opercular spine, and its length more than 4 times that of spine below 
it; anal 14. OCTODECIMSPINOSUS 
Myoxocephalus zeneus (Mitchill). 
Sculpin. 
Distinguished from the next chiefly by the fewer anal rays and 
short preopercular spine. 
This is a small species reaching about 8 inches and occurs in 
seaweed near shore. I have no New Jersey examples. 
Acanthocottus eneus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 817. 
Acanthocottus mitchilli Abbott, 1. c. 
Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus (Mitchill). 
PLATE 8o. 
Common Sculpin. Bull Head. 
Head 234; depth 5; D. IX-17; A. 14; snout 3% in head, 
measured from tip of upper jaw; eye 434; maxillary 2% ; inter- 
orbital space 7; third dorsal spine 2%; fourth dorsal ray 2%; 
fifth anal ray 3%; least depth of caudal peduncle 7; caudal 156; 
pectoral 114; ventral 2%. Body very slender, tapering to long 
slender caudal peduncle. Head long, depressed, comparatively 
