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210. Lucius lucius Liniuvus. (Plate IX, figures 85 and 86). 

 Common Pike. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Nearh' cosmopolitan in the fresh waters of the northern parts of North America, Europe, 

 and Asia, being the most widely distributed of fresh water fishes: widely distributed 

 in British North America westward to Alberta; extending far north, the limits of its 

 northern distribution not yet well determined, but it occurs in Alaska: extending in 

 the United States from the State of New York westwai'il to the Mississippi valley, 

 perhaps further west, and southward to the Ohio River. 



211. Lucius masquinongy Mit chill. 

 Maskinongo. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes i-egion, emjjracing th(> Pi-ovinces of (Jucliec and On- 

 tario: common among the Thousand Islands: said also to occur in .Ahuiitoba: ranging 

 from Lake Champlain to the upper Mississippi valley. 



212. Umbra limi Kirtlaiid. 

 Mud Minnow. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile: sluggish streams and diti-hcs, ('\-en living in mud. 

 Ranges from the Pi-ovince of (Quebec westwai'd lliiciiigii liic (Ircat Lakes region to Minne- 

 sota and southward to the Ohio River. 



213. Fundulus heteroclitus Liniucus. 

 Common Killitisli. 



Usually in brackish water: burying in the mud of lagoons. 



Maritime Provinces, Gaspe Bay, .\nticosti Islanil, and Lai)i'ador: in the Ihiited States ex- 

 tending from the coast of Maine southwartl to the Rio (Irande. 



214. Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus \A'albaum. 

 Common dibblcr. 



In brackish water. 



Recorded from mouth of Little River, St. John, New Brunswick (Cox, 1895, as F. nigro- 

 fasciatus): ranges in the United States from Maine southward to \'irginia. 



215. Fundulus heteroclitus badius Carman. 

 Carman's Cobbler. 



In brackish water. 



Island of Grand Manan, New Brunswick. 



216. Fundulus diaphanus Le Sueur. 

 Fresh-water Killy: Grayback. 



Lacustrine, fluviatile, and marine: frequenting river mouths and ascending streams. 

 Maritime Provinces, including Prince Edward Island, and Provinces of Quebec and On- 

 tarii): in the United States from Maine to North Carolina. 



217. Fundulus notatus Rafinescjue. 

 Top Minnow. 



Abounds in ponds and canals. 



Detroit River, Michigan, extending southward to southern States: given here as likely to 

 be found on the Ontario side of the Detroit River. 



