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Mass., 1867, p. 6, pi. i, flg. 4. This species is a common resident, pen- 

 etrating far .up the larger rivers. 



106. Morone americans, (Gmel.) Gill. WHITE PERCH. Labrax 

 rufus Putnam, Proc. Essex lust., i, 1855, p. 144 ; Storer, Hist. Fish. 

 Mass., 1867, p. 9, pi. i, flg. 1. Common in brackish water, at the 

 mouths of rivers, and in ponds to which the sea has access, sometimes 

 becoming land-locked. 



The Essex Insitute has specimens from Floating Bridge pond, Sa- 

 lem, and from Flax pond, Lynn. 



Family POMATOMID^. 



107. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linn.') Gill. BLUE-FISH. Temno- 

 don saltator Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 81, pi. xv, flg. 1. The 

 Blue-fish is an abundant summer resident, appearing in May or June, 

 and departing in October. For a full account of their periods of ab- 

 sence from the coast, and abundance, see Professor Baird's essay on 

 the subject, in his first report as Commissioner of Fisheries. 



Family PRIACANTHID^E. 



108. Pfceudopriacanthus altus Gill. BIG EYE. Priacanthus 

 altus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, p. 332 ; Putnam in Storer's 

 Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 278. A specimen of this species was taken 

 at Marblehead beach, Sept. 3, 1859, by Miss Mary Nichols, of Salem, 

 and is preserved in the museum of the Essex Institute. 



Family AMMODYTID^. 



109. Ammodytes amencanus DeKay. SAND-EEL, LANT. Am- 

 modytes americanus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 216, pi. xxxiii, 

 flg. 2. A common species, especially abundant about Cape Cod, bur- 

 rowing in the sand shoals. A favorite food of the cod and other pre- 

 daceous species. 



110. Ammodytes dubius Ehdt. This species is inserted on the 

 authority of Dr. Giinther, who identified with it specimens from Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Family ECHENEID^. 



111. Echeneis naucrateoides (Zuiew.} Gill. WHITE-TAILED 

 REMORA, "SUCKER." Echeneis albicauda Wheatland, Proc. Essex Co. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc., 1852, p. 124; Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 210, 

 pi. xxxii, flg. 3. Wheatland refers to a specimen taken at Collins' cove, 

 Aug., 1850. Another was taken at the mouth of 'the Merrimac river, 

 June, 1870, Putnam. 



