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mission obtained several specimens of this arctic species, previously 

 known only from Greenland, in Massachusetts Bay, at depths of forty 

 to ninety fathoms. 



Family XIPHIDIONTID^. 



51. Mursenoides gunnellus (Linn.} Goode & Bean. BOCK-EEL. 

 Chinnellus mucronatus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 94, pi. xvii, 

 fig. 2. Common among the rocks near the line of the tide. The Es- 

 sex Institute has several specimens, the largest six inches long, from 

 Naugus Head, July, 1862. M. ingens H. R. Storer, and M. macroceph- 

 alus Girard, are not distinct from this species. 



Family ANARRHICHADID^. 



52. Anarrh.ich.as lupus Linnceus. WOLF-FISH, CAT-FISH. Anar- 

 rhichas vomerinus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass , 1867, p. 99, pi. xviii, fig. 

 1. Frequent in the deep waters and approaching the shore, particularly 

 in winter. 



53. Anarrhichas minor Olafsen. SPOTTED CAT-FISH, LEOPARD- 

 FISH. Anarrhichas minor Streenstrup, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturh. Fo- 

 ren. Kjobenhavn, 1876. This well marked species occurs both along 

 the shores and in the deep water. The Fish Commission has speci- 

 mens from off the mouth of Gloucester Harbor and from Eastport, 

 Maine. 



54. Anarrhichas latifrons Streenstrup & Hallg. BLUE CAT- 

 FISH. Anarrhichas latifrons Streenstrup, op. cit. Lydchthys latifrons 

 Gill, in Baird's -Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1876. A 

 resident of the deep waters in 200 to 400 fathoms on the off-shore 

 banks. Many specimens have been received from the halibut schoon- 

 ers. 



Family BATRACHUXE. 



55. Batrachus tau Linnceus. TOAD-FISH. Batrachus tau Storer, 

 Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 105, pi. xix, figs. 1 and 2. In the collec- 

 tion of the Boston Society of Natural History is a specimen, No. 494, 

 labelled "Massachusetts Bay." The Fish Commission has collected 

 no specimens north of Cape Cod. 



Family CYCLOPTERID-E. 



56. Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus. LUMP-FISH. Lumpus anglo- 

 rum Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 208, pi. xxxii, flg. 2. Frequently 

 taken in winter ; the young are often seen swimming at the surface 

 in summer. A northern fish. 



