Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 305 
D. 7-17. P.14. V.3. A.12. C.13, of which 11 are long. Length, 3 inches. 
Connecticut, Oumsrev, Ayres. New York, Dexay. Eastern Pennsylvania, Haupe- 
man. Mahoning River, Ohio, Krrrnanp. Bear Lake, Lat. 67°, Ricuarpson. 
Cottus gobio, Lin., Sys. Nat., p. 452. 
ss «« River Bull-head, Suaw’s Gen. Zodl., rv. p. 254, pl. 35. 
Le Chabot de riviére, Cottus gobio, L., Brocn, pl. 39; Cuv. et VAL., rv. p. 145. 
= & Ks River Bull-head, Pennant’s Brit. Zodl., vitt., p. 291, pl. 43. 
ES «  Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 343. 
ao Li Miller’s Thumb, Yarrett’s Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 71. 
Cottus cognatus, Bear Lake Bull-head, Ricw., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 111. p. 40. 
a ‘4 Dexkay’s Report, p. 55. 
Cottus viscosus, HALpEMAN, Supplement, é&c., p. 3. 
Uranidea quiescens, Little Star-gazer, Dexay’s Report, p. 61, pl. 5, fig. 14. 
Cottus cognatus; Cottus viscosus; Uranidea quiescens; Cottus gobio, Ayres, Bost. Journ, Nat. Hist., v- 
p. 116, pl. 11. 
2. Cottus Groenlandicus, Cuv. 
The upper part of the body of this species is of a dark brown, with large clay-colored 
blotches on the top of the head and gill-covers, with a few smaller ones on the back and sides, 
and small circular yellow spots on the sides towards the abdomen. The throat is yellowish 
white, sprinkled with minute fuliginous specks. Upon the abdomen, beneath the pectoral 
fins, are large, circular, perfectly white spots. ‘The preopercular spine does not extend to the 
tip of the opercular spine. A quadrangular area on the head, bounded by four tubercles. 
D. 10-18. P.17. V.3. A.13. ©. 16. Length, 13 inches. 
Greenland, Fasricius, RrcHarpson, Maine and Massachusetts, Srornrr. New 
York, Dexay. 
Cottus scorpius, Fasricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 156, No. 113. 
Le Chaboisseau du Groenland (Cottus Groenlandicus, Cuv.), Cuv. et VAL., Iv. p. 185. 
Cottus Groenlandicus, Greenland Bull-head, Rrcw., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 11. pp. 46 and 297, and admirably 
figured, pl. 95. 
Cottus Groenlandicus, Greenland Sculpin, StorEer’s Report, p. 16. 
ss ae Greenland Bull-head, DExay’s Report, p. 54, pl. 4, fig. 2. 
3. Cottus Virginianus, WriLoueusy. 
The body is of a light brown color above, with darker irregular blotches, looking, when 
carefully examined, somewhat like transverse bands. The abdomen is pure white, slightly 
tinged, in portions, with fuliginous stains. Twenty spines upon and about the head; ten on 
each side, all naked at their extremities. The spine at the posterior angle of the preoper- 
culum extends as far back as the extremity of the opercular spine. 
D. 9-16. P.17. V.3. A.14. C.12. Length, 11 to 18 inches. 
Newfoundland, Rricuarpson. Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Ayres. New 
York, Mircurur, Decay. Virginia, Wittoveusy. 
Scorpius Virginianus, Wittovcnpy’s Hist. Pisc.. App., p. 25, pl. 10, fig 15? 
Cottus octodecimspinosus, Eighteen-Spines Cottus, Mrrenut, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 380. 
Le grand Chaboisseau 4 dix-huit épines de l’Amérique du Nord, Cottus octodecimspinosus, Cuy. et VAt.. 
iv. p. 181. 
