42 NKW BRUNSWICK FiSliES. 



abode less oppressive, nature has provided it with a hundred or 

 more bright circular phosphorescent spots on the throat, sides, 

 and ventral parts, which act like so many little lanterns. 



Prof. Gill included it in his catalogue of 1872, as occurring 

 off the coast of Massachusetts; J. M. Jones makes no mention of 

 it in the list of Fishes of Jsova Scotia (Vide N. S. Inst. Nat- Sc, 

 Vol. v., Pt. I, 1879), but it is mentioned as an Atlantic species by 

 Gunther, V. p. 389. As far as the writer can learn the Grand 

 Manan specimen is the first reported from the eastern coast of 

 Canada. 



o. b^iphostoma fuscum (iStorer) J. and G. Pipe Fish. 



A specimen taken in a small bag-net in the Miramichi Bay, 

 February, 1898; and donated to the museum of the Miramichi 

 Natural History Association by Mr. Frank P. Loggie of Loggie- 

 ville. 



4. Menidia notata (Mitchill) J. and G. Silverside. 



It is a matter of some surprise that this little fi.3h, which is 

 really abundant in our littoral waters during midsummer, escap- 

 ed the notice of previous observers and students of our provin- 

 cial fishes. Possibly it was mistaken fi)r the young of the com- 

 mon smelt, 0. mordax Mitchill, to which it l>ears a general resem- 

 1)lance, especially when moving in its native element, the school- 

 ing habit being strongly marked. 



It is abundant in the Miramichi Bay in July, when it seems 

 to prefer the mouths of small rivers and streams, attracted 

 thither doubtless for spawning purposes. It seldom exceeds i\\e 

 inches in length, and takes its name from the Jjiight silvery band 

 on the side. 



5. Aspidophoroides monopter3gius (Bloch) Storer. Al- 

 ligator-fish. 



Some three or four species of Agonidae, all boreal in distribu- 

 tion, are occasionally met with in the Arctic currents setting 

 southward through the North Atlantic. They are deep-sea fishes 

 of slender build, with the bead and body encased in 

 bony plates, and the fins and teeth small. The eyes are large 

 and placed high in the head. They have no air bladder. 



