132 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TELEOSTOMI. ACANTHOPTERI. 



BATRACHOIDIDAE. 



304. OPSAXUS TAU (Linne). 

 Toadfish. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2315. 



Gad-us tan Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 440. "IN 

 CAROLINA." 



Batrachus tau Linne. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad. 1855, vol. 5, p. 

 271, pi. 19, fig. 1-2. 



ME. Kittery [?] (Holmes 1862). 



MASS. Holmes Hole (Storer 1839); Tisbury (Storer 1855); 

 Cohasset (B. S. X. H., Bryant coll.) ; Long Point Creek (V. S. X. H., 

 1874); Massachusetts Bay (Goode & Bean 1879); Menemsha 

 Bight (Kendall coll. 1896); Woods Hole (Baird 1873; Bean 1880 

 and Smith 1898). 



R. I. Narragansett Bay (R. I. fish comin. 1998). 



CONN. Xoank (Bean 1880). 



PHOLIDIDAE. 



305. PHOLIS GUNNELLUS (Linne). 

 Butterfish ; Rockeel. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2419; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 342, fig. 832. 



Blennius gunnellus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 257. 

 "ix OCEANO ATLAXTICO." 



Gunnellus mucronatus Cuv. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1855, 

 vol. 5, p. 260, pi. 17, fig. 2. 



Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard. Storer, Mem. amer. acad., 

 1855, vol. 5, p. 261, pi. 17, fig. 3. 



ME. Along the whole coast. Eastport (U. S. nat. mus. 1872; 



