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Catalogue of the Fishes of Connecticut. 



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7. Pomotis appendix, Mitchill, Black-eared Pond Perch, Hart 



ford. 



*a Pomotis rubricauda, Storer, Red-tailed Pond Perch, Bridge- 

 port and Hartford. 



*9. Etheostoma Olmstedi, Storer, Ground-fish, common. 



Family Triglidce. ., 



*10. Dactylopterus volitans, Cuv., Sea Swallow, Long island 

 Sound. • 



11. Prionotus strigatus, Cuv., Sea Robin, Grunter, Stratford 

 and Stonington. 



Web 



..WW, w~.., 



ford and Stonington. 

 *13. Trigla cuculus, Linn., Red Gurnard, East Haven. 



*14. Cottus Mitchilli, Dekay, Smooth Brown Bullhead, Nor- 

 walk. 



15. Cottus Virginianus, Will., Common Sculpin, Stonington. 



o. The red-tailed pond perch, first discovered and described by Dr. Storer, may 

 perhaps eventually prove to be only a beautiful variety of the P. appendix, although 

 at present Dr. S. I believe is not decided. 



". The E. Olmstedi, I have found in nearly all our fresh-water streams. It is 

 identical with Dr. Dekay's Boleosoma tessellatum. I think its motions altogether 

 oo slow to be called a " darter ," but as it always appears to lie upon the ground 

 except when aroused by fear, I prefer the name of ground-fish. All this genus, 

 owing to the peculiar shape of the head, are denominated hog-fish by Dr. Kirtland 

 n ins report of the Zoology of Ohio. The fin rays of this species vary much in 

 |heir number. Dr. Storer's specimens, D. 9—13, P. 15, V. 6, A. 11, C. 15. My 

 ,ar fest specimen has, D. 8—15, P. 13, V. 6, A. 10, C. 16. 



p - S. I took in September last, in Wolcott, Wayne county, N. Y., about 3 miles 

 *>uth of Lake Ontario, several individuals of the genus Etheostoma, which Dr. 



St °rer, to whom I sent three specimens, believes with myself, to be an undescribed 

 species. 



#1 0. An intelligent fisherman of this town (Mr. Mitchell,) who has long made it 

 j con stant occupation, assures me that he has taken one of this sea swallow in 

 n 8 Island Sound. It is so unlike any thing else that swims, there can be no mis- 

 take. Dr. Dekay's report says it ranges from Brazil to Newfoundland. 

 .13. The red gurnard was* taken in a seine last spring at East Haven, by Mr. 



utchell, as lie informed me, of which Dr. Dekay's figure he thinks a good one. 



u Jier slates that he received this species from New York. 

 14. The two preceding species of Prionotus are very common on our shores, 

 * nd are °ften taken by seine, of which I have had several. The smooth brown bull- 

 iea <i, about four inches in length, it is believed, I caught and preserved, while fish- 

 ln g near Norwalk Islands for blackfish some years sinee. Dr. Dekay believes it 

 D °t the young of any other species, but distinct on account of the spines of the 

 P r eopercle and the radial formula. 



