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HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Institute, which were taken off Beverly Bridge, in Jan., 1858, by my brother, C. A 

 Putnam. 



16. LiparU, {sp.f) allied to Z. arctica. 



Several years ago, living specimens of this species were in Mr. Cutting's Aquaria! 

 Gardens, and were dredged in the bay. Afterwards I obtained two specimens from Mr. 

 Fuller, of Portland, who collected them in Portland harbor. (These specimens are now 

 in the M. C. Z. at Cambridge.) There is also a specimen in the state cabinet, col- 

 lected at Nahant, by Charles Flint, Esq., and Mr. Alex. Agassiz has also collected 

 specimens at Nahant, which are in the Museum at Cambridge. 



Nahant Beach 



17. Leptocephalus gracilis, Storer. 



Mr. Caleb Cooke, of Salem, found four specimens of this species on 



in the Summer of 1860. These specimens are now in the Essex Institute, Boston Soc 

 N; it. Hist, and Museum of Comp. Zoology. 



18. Ammodytes dab ins, Reinh. 



Dr. Cunther (Cat. Fish, rv. p. 387) states that there is a specimen of this species, in 

 the British Museum, which was taken in Boston. I much doubt the species being found 

 so far south, though I have seen large 



easily mistaken for A. dubkts, from our bay. 



specimens of A. americanus, that 



might be 



19. Synrjnathus,(sp.?) 



I have seen three or four specim 

 three or four times the size 



of 



a Syngnathus from Cape Cod, which were 

 of 8. peckianus, and different in other respects from that 



pecies. (Specimens in the Essex Institute, and Museum of Comp. Zoology 



20. Hololepis fusiformis, Putn., Bui. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1863. Syn. Boleosoma fusiforme, 



Gir. 



Guard's specimen- were from Framingham 



I have found it very plenty in several 



ponds in Essex County, and also in other parts of 



21. Smotlfus corporate, Abbott, Procd. Philad. Ac. Nat. Sci, 1861, p. 154. 

 1 1 ave collected specimens of this fish in the brooks near Williams Colleg 



