280 HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Institute, which were taken off Beverly Bridge, in Jan., 1858, by my brother, C. A. 

 Putnam. 



16. IAparis, (sp. ?) allied to L. arctica. 



Several years ago, living specimens of this species were in Mr. Cutting's Aquarial 

 Gardens, and were dredged in the bay. Afterwards I obtained two specimens from Mr. 

 Fuller, of Portland, who collected them in Portland harbor. (These specimens are now 

 in the M. C. Z. at Cambridge.) There is also a specimen in the state cabinet, col- 

 lected at Nahant, by Charles Flint, Esq., and Mr. Alex. Agassiz has also collected 

 specimens at Nahant, which are in the Museum at Cambridge. 



17. Leptocephalus gracilis, Storer. 



Mr. Caleb Cooke, of Salem, found four specimens of this species on Nahant Beach, 

 in the Summer of 1860. These specimens are now in the Essex Institute, Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist, and Museum of Comp. Zoology. 



18. Ammodytes clubins, Reinh. 



Dr. Gunther (Cat. Fish, rv. p. 387) states that there is a specimen of *his species, in 

 the British Museum, which was taken in Boston. I much doubt the species being found 

 so far south, though I have seen large specimens of A. americanus, that might be 

 easily mistaken for A. dubius, from our bay. 



19. Syngnathus, (sp. ?) 



I have seen three or four specimen's of a Syngnathus from Cape Cod, which were 

 three or four times the size of 8. peekianus, and different in other respects from that 

 species. (Specimens in the Essex Institute, and Museum of Comp. Zoology.) 



20. Hololepis fusiformis, Putn., Bid. Mus. Comp.ZooL, 1863. Syn. Boleosoma fitsiforme, 



Gir. 

 Girard's specimens were from Framingham. I have found it very plenty in several 

 ponds in Essex County, and also in other parts of the state. 



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21. Semotilus corporalis, Abbott, Procd. Philad. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1861, p. 154. 

 Have collected specimens of this fish in the brooks near Wilhams College. 



