EXTENSION OF THE LIST OF NEW 

 BRUNSWICK FISHES. 



By Philip Cox Ph. D. 



/jN CATALOGUE of the marine and fresli-water ftshes of the 

 T province by the writer was published in Bulletin No. 

 XIII, Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1895, 

 comprising the names of ninety species. The basis of the list 

 was that of Moses H. Perley. published in 1852, and enlarged by 

 the researches of Dr. A. Leith Adams, M. A.,'F. R. 8., StafT-snr- 

 geon-major of Her Majesty's 22nd regiment, quartered at Freder- 

 icton, 1866-72, to which several were added by the writer. (Vide 

 "History of the Ichthyology of New Brunswick,'" Bulletin XIII, 

 Natural History Society New Brunswick, 1895.) 



Since the ])ublication of that catalogue some additional 

 species have been collected in provincial waters, which are herein 

 given with a few notes on their charact*^r and life-history. 



1. Rhinichthys cataractae (Val.) Jordan. Long-nosed 

 Dace. 



This little minnow is not uncommon in the more boisterous 

 streams of the province, and seems to intergrade with the more 

 common form, R. atronasus Mitchill, for its scale formula and 

 other features approximate the latter's. 



2. Maurolicus borealisGunther. Argentine. 



In 1896, the writer identified this species among a few 

 specimens of fishes collected by Mr. Moses of Grand Manan. It 

 is a tiny oceanic fish, never exceeding 2* inches in length, and 

 lives at great depths. The name, Argentine, refers to the bright 

 silvery pigment which the scaleless skin contains. The opercular 

 covering is incomplete, the skeleton is scarcely ossified, and the 

 air-bladder is rudimentary; indeed this little denizen of ocean's 

 depths seems specially adapted to lead a dull life and feed on 

 minute organisms for whose capture neither strong teeth nor a 

 closely knitted and solid framework are required. To light uj) 

 the darkness of its immediate surroundings and render its sombre 



