Catalogue of the Pishes of Connecticut. .. 63 



*46. Paliniirus perciformis, Dekay, Black Pilot Fish, Ston- 

 ington. 



*47. Nancrates Noveboracensis, Guv., New York Pilot Fish, 

 Stonington. 



*48. Caranx crysos, Mitchill, Yellow Mackerel, Long Island 

 Sound. 



*49. Caranx punctatus, Cuv,, Spotted Caranx, East Haven. 



*50. Temnodon saltator, Cuv., Blue Fish, very common. 



*51. Blepharis crinitus, Ackerly, Hair-finned Dory, Stratford. 



*52. Argyreiosus capillaris, Mitchill, Hair-finned Argyreiosus, 

 Greenwich. 



*53. Argyreiosus vomer, Lacepede, Rostrated Dory, Stratford. 



*54. Vomer setapinnis, Mitchill, {Brownii, Cuv. and Dekay,) 

 Bristly Dory, Long Island Sound. 



*46. This is what Dr. Storer in his report denominated Trachinotus argentcus, 

 but subsequently preferred the above name of Dr. Dekay's. 



■M7. Several individuals of the JVao York pilot-fish, which is the Scomber ductor 

 of Mitchill, were taken in Stonington, in 1842. 



" 48. As the yelloio mackerel is abundant at New York, it can hardly be possible it 

 does not inhabit our Sound, though I am not aware of its having been taken here. 



*49. The spotted caranx, Mr. Mitchell informs me, he caught last spring at East 

 Haven, in a seine. 



*50. The blue fish is very remarkable on account of the monstrous parasite, 

 Cymothoa, (a species whicli is I believe undescribed,) that inhabits its mouth. I 

 have taken many of these parasites ; the longest was 1 and 9 tenth inches in length ; 

 usually about I5 inches long, and from i to | inch wide. 



*51. This beautiful and most curiously constructed fish was seen for a half hour, 

 by several gentlemen in 1842, in Mr. Cook's tide mill-pond, which divides Strat- 

 ford from Bridgeport, but all means failed to capture it. It was particularly noti- 

 ced that the long dorsal and anal raijs remained perfectly quiet, while the tail or 

 caudal fin was constantly flapping between them, to give the fish bis gentle mo- 

 tion, in his various circular movements, as apparently to evade all attempts to cap- 

 ture him. Dr. Dekay remarks, that the only one ever observed, was obtained from 

 Long Island Sound, (which was discovered by Dr. Ackerly, as published in the 

 Journal of Science, Vol. II, page 144.) Of course this is the second. I am in- 

 formed by one of the gentlemen who saw it during its whole time of appearance, 

 that Dr. Dekay's figure is a very perfect representation. 



*52. The Argyreiosus was taken in a gill-net, in 1842, by an old fisherman, at 

 Greenwich, Conn., as he recently informed me, of the correctness of which, I en- 

 tertain not the least doubt. 



*.53. The rostrated dory was taken in this town a few years since, in a seine set 

 for other fishes, by Mr. A. Curtis. Length of fish about 3 or 4 inches. It was pre- 

 served in alcohol that unfortunately was too strong, and it was destroyed. 



*54. The bristly dory was taken by Mr. Ayres, in Long Island Sound, (L. I.) It 

 is a kind of cosmopolite, and doubtless we have a claim to its habitat on this shore 

 also. 



