New York, May 15. 1915. No. 18 



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Published to advance the Science of cold-blooded vertebrates 



THE BROOK LAMPREY IN NEW JERSEY 



In the spring of 1909 Mr. Charles E. Sleight of 

 Ramsey, New Jersey, collected a considerable num- 

 ber of* Brook Lampreys in Gcetschius' Brook near 

 the culvert of the Erie railroad, about one-quarter 

 of a mile from the Ramsey railroad station. The 

 brook here flows through an open meadow, and Mr. 

 Sleight says that the lampreys were observed there 

 in the spring of several years, but that none have 

 been seen since 1909. He kindly presented the writer 

 with three of these odd fish, the largest one of which 

 is 5 11/16 inches in length., and has the anal papilla 

 well developed. 



As the Brook Lamprey is an addition to Dr. Hen- 

 ry W. Fowler's Fishes of New Jersey, the specimens 

 have been submitted to him. He confirms the iden- 

 tification and says that the species should be known 

 as Lam pet r a aepyptera (Abbott), as pointed out in 

 "Notes on Lancelets and Lampreys," Proceedings 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., Dec, 1907, p. -166. The type 

 of this species is in the Academy's collection and 

 came from the Ohio River. Lampetra wilderi Gage, 

 Dr. Fowler considers a synonym. Under this latter 

 name there is an interesting account, in the Transac- 

 tions, N. Y. Acad. Sciences, May 10, 1897, by Bash- 



