﻿EXTENSION 
  OF 
  THE 
  RECORDED 
  RANGE 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  FISHES. 
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  Apeltes 
  quadracus 
  (Mitcliill). 
  Four-npined 
  tSileklebitel;. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  FivShes 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  North 
  Auierica,* 
  

   Dr. 
  Gill 
  gives 
  the 
  rauge 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  to 
  Florida. 
  

   Jordan, 
  in 
  his 
  Manual, 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  fcmnd 
  from 
  New 
  Jersey 
  to 
  

   Labrador. 
  The 
  taking 
  of 
  any 
  specimens 
  tliat 
  indi(;ate 
  its 
  occurrence 
  as 
  

   far 
  south 
  as 
  Florida 
  or 
  anywhere 
  south 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  ; 
  

   the 
  most 
  southern 
  point 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  lias 
  heretofore 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   is 
  the 
  Patapsco 
  Kiver, 
  Maryland, 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  

   Uhler 
  & 
  Lugger 
  t 
  state 
  that 
  this 
  fish 
  runs 
  in 
  tlie 
  Patapsco 
  Kiver 
  some 
  

   distance 
  beyond 
  the 
  tide, 
  and 
  cite 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  

   Maryland 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  This 
  record 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  over- 
  

   looked 
  by 
  recent 
  writers. 
  

  

  AVe 
  now 
  record 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  by 
  W. 
  C. 
  Ken- 
  

   dall 
  at 
  two 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  Chesa])eake. 
  On 
  July 
  IS, 
  1892, 
  

   numerous 
  exami)les 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Windmill 
  Creek, 
  

   near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Eappahannock 
  Eiver, 
  Virginia. 
  In 
  March, 
  1893, 
  the 
  

   fish 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  abundant 
  in 
  salt-water 
  creeks 
  about 
  Hampton, 
  Va. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  usually 
  regarded 
  as 
  inhabiting 
  only 
  salt 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  

   seen, 
  however, 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Patapsco, 
  and 
  in 
  

   parts 
  of 
  Maine 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  fresh 
  water. 
  Thus, 
  on 
  August 
  24, 
  

   1895, 
  several 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  Chickawaka 
  Lake, 
  which 
  sup- 
  

   plies 
  water 
  to 
  Rockland; 
  and 
  in 
  Meadow 
  Brook, 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  

   numerous 
  s]>ecimens 
  were 
  taken 
  over 
  2 
  miles 
  from 
  salt 
  water. 
  

  

  Stenotomus 
  chrysops 
  (Linnaeus). 
  *S'cmj); 
  ScupprnKj; 
  Porf/jj. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Goode, 
  in 
  his 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  Aquatic 
  Animals, 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  

   'hiorthern 
  scup 
  rarely 
  pass 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  Cape 
  ( 
  'od 
  ; 
  in 
  1878, 
  however, 
  

   37 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  Milk 
  Island 
  weir 
  off 
  Thatcher 
  Island, 
  Cape 
  Ann, 
  

   Massachusetts, 
  and 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  increasing 
  in 
  abundance." 
  

  

  In 
  1895 
  a 
  few 
  scup 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  mackerel 
  trap 
  in 
  Gloucester 
  

   Harbor, 
  and 
  several 
  were 
  also 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  the 
  previ- 
  

   ous 
  year. 
  Prior 
  to 
  that 
  time, 
  however, 
  none 
  had 
  been 
  observed 
  for 
  

   many 
  years, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  1890, 
  scup 
  were 
  common 
  near 
  

   Small 
  Point, 
  Casco 
  Bay, 
  Maine, 
  and 
  specimens 
  were 
  also 
  taken 
  daily 
  

   between 
  June 
  25 
  and 
  July 
  14 
  in 
  traps. 
  

  

  Prionotus 
  carolinus 
  (Linmeus). 
  Hea-rohin: 
  Cirmmim 
  Gurnard. 
  

  

  Between 
  July 
  4 
  and 
  14, 
  189(5. 
  more 
  than 
  25 
  specimens 
  of 
  tin's 
  fish 
  

   were 
  observed 
  by 
  W. 
  C. 
  Kendall 
  in 
  traj) 
  nets 
  in 
  Casco 
  l^ay, 
  near 
  Small 
  

   Point, 
  Maine. 
  It 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  ''^ 
  robin" 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  No 
  species 
  of 
  

   sea-robin 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  Maine 
  coast. 
  It 
  has 
  

   previously 
  been 
  obtained 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Cape 
  Ann, 
  ^rassacliusetts, 
  

  

  *Rept. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Com. 
  1871^72. 
  

  

  tList 
  of 
  Fishes 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  l»<'i)()rt 
  Maiylaixl 
  Fisli 
  t'oiii. 
  187(>, 
  p. 
  121. 
  

  

  