XX -LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED AT WOOD'S HOLE. 



By S. F. Baird. 



All the species of fishes in the following list (121 in number) were 

 collecteol by the United States Commission during the season of 1871, 

 with the exception of a few taken there the following year by Vina 

 N. Edwards, and of Lactophrys trkjonus and Hippocampus htidsniiis, given 

 by Dr. Storer as taken at Holme's Hole, or Vineyard Haven. A com- 

 plete collection was secured for the National Museum, together with 

 many duplicates for distribution to college and other museums through- 

 out the country, and for exchange. Of all taken in 1871, photographs 

 were made on plates, 11 x 14 inches, representing the fishes either of life 

 size or as reduced to within the above dimensions, and in their different 

 ages and varieties, thus showing the rate of growth, and other facts. 



At some future time I hope to present detailed biographies and descrip- 

 tions of all the species, with suitable figures. 



MOLA EOTUNDA (Cuv.) 



Teteodon l^vigatus L. 

 Chilichthys tukgidus (Mitch.) 

 Gill. 



CniLO:\lYCTERUS GEOMETRICUS 



(L.) Kaup. 



Lactophrys trtgonus (L.) Poey. 



Alutera cuspicauda DeKay. 



Ceratacanthus aurantiacus 

 (Mitch.) Gill. 



Stephanolepis setifer (Ben- 

 nett) Gill. 



Balistes vetula, Linn. 



Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay. 



Syngnathus peckianus Storer. 



LoPHius AMERiCAiMUS DeKay. 



ACHIRUS LINEATUS (L.) Cuv\ 

 PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AME.RI- 



CANUS (Walb.) Gill. 



Myzopsetta ferruginea (Sto- 

 rer) Gill. 



Ch^nopsetta ocellaris (De- 

 Kay) Gill. 



The Sun-Fish. 



The Smooth Swell-Fish. 



The Eough Swell-Fish, 



The Box-Fish. 



The Trunk-Fish. 

 The Brown File-Fish. 

 The Orange File-Fish. 



The Standard File-Fish. 



The Trigger-Fish — The old wife. 



The Sea-Horse, 



The Pipe-Fish. 



Tlie Goose-Fish— The Monk-Fish. 



The Hog-Choker ; the Sole. 



The Common Fiat-Fish. 



The Rusty Fiat-Fish. 



The Common Flounder. 



