442 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



2357. Acanthocottus octodecimspinosus (Mitcliill). Common Sculpin ; Eighteen- 



si)iued Sculpin. 



Atlantic t'oast south to A'irjiiuia; coiniiioii, northward. 



Ccttits ociodtcnmiiinosiis Mitchill, Trans. Lit. I'hil. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, 380, New- 

 York. 



2358. Acanthocottus platycephalus (Palhis). 



Kaincliatka. 



Cottiis phitjiccphahin Pallas, Zoogr. IJosso-Asiat., iii, 135, 1811, Kamchatka; 

 after tSteller. 



2359 Acanthocottus scorpioides (Fabricins). 



Arctic regions of America, (ireenland to Siberia, 



Cotti.s acorpioulis l"al)ri(ius, Fauna (Jra'ul., 157, 1780, Greenland. 



2360 Acanthocottus scorpius (Linnrous). European Sculpin. 



Northern Europe and Arctic regions, not connnon on our coasts; recorded 

 by Dr. Liitkcn from the Baltic, Finland, Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla, 

 coasts of England and northern Asia; also from East])ort, Maine. 



Cottus iicorpinii Linuauis, -Syet. Nat., ed. x, 265, 1758, in Atlantic Ocean off 

 Europe. 



2361. Acanthocottus groenlandicus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Daddij Sculpin. 



New York to Greenland; according to Fabricius it is abundant in all the 



bays and inlets of Greenland. 

 Cottus graniandicus Cuvier Sl Vaienciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 15G, 1829, 



no locality given, probably Greenland; after Fabricius, 



2362. Acanthocottus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas). 



Piigot Sound to Alaska; very abundant northward. 



Cottus polyacanlhoccphalu I'allas, Zoogr. IJosso-Asiat., iii, 133, 1811, no lo- 

 cality . 



2363. Acanthocottus humilis (Bean). 



Chamisso Island, near Bering Straits. 



Cottus humilis Beau, Proc. \J. 8. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 149, Chamisso Island, 

 Bering Straits. 



2364. Acanthocottus jack ((Uivier & Valenciennes). 



Kamchatka. 



Cottus jaok Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. N;rt. Poiss. ,iv, 172, 1829, Kamchatka. 



Subgenus BOREOCOTTI S (Jill. 



Boreocottus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 16G {axillaris). 



2365. Acanthocottus verrucosus (Bean). 



I'lover Bay, Siberia, near Bering Straits. 



Cottus verrucosus Boan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iv, 1881, 152, Plover Bay, Siberia. 



2366. Acanthocottus niger (Bean). 



St. Paul Island, Bering Sea. 



Cottus niger Bean, Proc. II. S. N. M., iv, 1881, 151, St. Paul Island, Bering Sea. 



2367. Acanthocottus axillaris (Gill). 



Bering Straits. 



'iorcocottiis axilUiris (iill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1::'59, IGO, Bering Straits. 



2368. Acanthocottus polaris (Sabine). 



East side of the jx^ninsuhi of Boothia. 



Cottus polaris .'^abme, AjJixndix I'arry's First Voyage, CCXIII, 1819, north 

 Georgia; not recognized by recent writeis, the generic relations 

 uuccrlain; Liitken compares it with Jvelus bicornis, but it must be 

 ditfereiit 



2369. Acanthocottus quadrifilis ((Jill). 



Bering Straits. 



I'orocottus quadrifilis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 166, Bering Straits. 



2370. Acanthocottus sellaris Gilbert. 



Bristol P.av, Alaska. 



Acanthorottiis siUuris Gilbert, Kept. U.S. Fish Com. 1893 (1896), 419, Bristol 

 Bay, at Alliatross Stations 3229, 3231, and others, in 5 to 17 fathoms. 



