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departing in October and early November. Immense quantities are 

 seined for the oil and guano factories on the coast of Maine and at 

 Provincetown. The Essex Institute has specimens of young, three 

 and one-half inches long, taken at Spite bridge, Danvers, Oct. 28, 

 1874, interesting from the fact that few young of this species have 

 been observed north of Cape Cod. 



Family ENGRAULIDIDJE. 



142. Engraulis vittatus (Mitchill} Baird & Girard. ANCHOVY. 

 Engraulis vittatus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 163, pi. xxvii, fig. 

 3. Storer records the capture of a single specimen at Provincetown, 

 in November, 1852. 



Sub-order EVENTOGNATHI. 

 Family CATOSTOMID^. 



143. Catostomus teres (Mitch.') Les. SUCKER. Catostomus 

 bostoniensis Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 124, pi. xxii, flg. 3. 

 Very common in all fresh waters of Massachusetts. 



144. Erimyzon sucetta (Les.} Jordan. CHUB-SUCKER. Ca- 

 tostomus gibbosus Storer, Hist. Fish. 1367, p. 124, pi. xxii, fig. 4. Com- 

 mon in fresh water; the Essex Institute has specimens from Miles 

 river, Wenham. 



Family CYPRINID^. 



145. Carassius auratus (Linn.} Sleeker. GOLD-FISH. Cypri- 

 nus auratus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 115, pi. xxi, flg. 1. 

 This species was introduced many years ago from China. Storer, 

 writing in 1867, remarked "It thrives in quite a number of ponds in 

 the neighborhood of Boston, connected with country seats, bearing 

 well the rigors of our winter, and breeding freely." The Essex Insti- 

 tute has specimens from a pond in Salem. 



146. Luxilus cornutus (Mitch.} Jordan. RED-FIN. Hypsolepis 

 cornutus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 118, pi. xxi, flg. 3. Com- 

 mon in streams; the Essex Institute has specimens from Wenham 

 lake, and from the Merrimac river at Andover. 



147. Notemigonus chrysoleucus (Mitch.} Jordan. SHINER. 

 Leucosomus americanus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 117, pi. xxi, 

 fig. 2. Very common in ponds throughout New England. The Es- 

 sex Institute has specimens from Wenham lake. 



148. Semotilus bullaris (Raf.) Jordan. ROACH, "DACE." 

 Chilonemus pulchellus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 120, pi. xxii, 



