Catalogue of the Fishes of Connecticut. 71 



*lll. Morrhua prninosa, Mitchill, Frostfish, Tomcod, common. 



*112. Morrhua minuta, Linn., Poor Cod, Massachusetts. 



*113. Merlangus carbonarius, Linn., Coalfish, L. I. Sound. 



#114. Merlangus purpureus, Mitchill, Pollock, Stratford. 



*115. Merlucius vulgaris, Cuv., Hake, Stonington. 



*li6. Lota brosmiana, Storer, Eel-Pout, New York and. New 

 Hampshire. 



*117. Lota compressa, Le Sueur, Compressed Burbot, North 

 Canaan. 



*118. Lota maculosa, Le Sueur, Spotted Eel Pout, Canaan. 



*119. Brosmius flavescens, Le Sueur, Cusk, Long Isl. Sound? 



120. Phycis Americanus, Schneider, American Hake, Ston- 

 ington. 



*121. Phycis punctatus, Mitchill, Spotted Codling, Long Isl- 

 and Sound. 



*111. This is the M. tomcodus of Mitchill, and is so diversified in its appearance 

 as caused him to make five species of it. It is taken by hundreds in our streams 

 emptying into the Sound. Smaller streams are often artificially narrowed by 

 stones; at the mouth of the narrowed place a hand net is placed. A horse is then 

 ridden into the stream, some hundreds of rods above, and made to dash violently 

 down the stream to the net, and thus to drive into it several bushels of these fish- 

 es, sufficient at once to supply a small village. 



*112. Little is known of this fish, except it has been taken at Boston, and Dr. 

 Dekay " thinks he has seen it in New York market." 



*.l]3. The coal-fish is common in Massachusetts and New York, and is said to be 

 found on both shores of the Atlantic. 



*114. In the summer of 1842, young fishes gf this species usually about six in- 

 ches in length, were taken by seines in scholes, in great abundance, and were 

 then new to our fishermen. 



*115. The hake, 22 inches in length, was taken in Stonington, Nov. 25th, 1842. 

 The rays of this species vary exceedingly in their number. These, as Mr. Trum- 

 bull informs me, were D. 12—38, P. 13, V. 7, A. 39, C. 28. 



*116. This is the Lota inornata of Dekay, and has been taken in the Hudson 

 river, and in New Hampshire, and is doubtless in our large rivers, the Connecticut, 

 or Housatonic. 



"117. I obtained a fine specimen of this hurhot by the hand of Frederick Plumb, 

 Esq , which was taken in a stream in Canaan, a few years since. Length, after 

 having been in alcohol, 11^ inches. Barbel under the chin, ^ an inch. 



*118. Mr. F. Plumb, above named, informs me that several of the spotted burbot 

 were caught in Canaan a few years since, and were erroneously supposed by the 

 inhabitants to be a hybrid, between the trout and common eel. " The spots were 

 derived from the trout, and the shape more from the eel." It was a strangei' there. 



*119. The cusk is not uncommon in Massachusetts, and as indicated by Dr. 

 Storer, is taken with cod-fish. It is inserted here with a hope it may yet be obtain- 

 ed in the Sound. Dr. Storer now believes this a distinct species from the vulgaris 

 of Europe, and considers it the flavescens of Lesueur. 



*121. I am informed by a sensible fisherman that he has often taken this codling 

 in our Sound. Dr. Dekay also says, it occurs from New York to the St. Lawrence. 



