BUTTER-FISH. 



Gunnellus Mucronatus. 



ALSO known as " Spotted Gunnel" and 

 " American Butter-fish." Habitat, from 

 Massachusetts to New York. They are 

 taken in New York Bay and Newark 

 Bay. 



Butter-fish are local and of limited range. 

 They are small, and in form elongated. 



Fished for on shoals and among rocks. 

 Swim rapidly when alarmed and are par- 

 tial to mud bottoms. 



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