80 Catalogue of the Fishes of Connecticut. 



*171. Petromyzon appendix, Dekay, Small Lamprey, Hart- 

 ford and Stratford. 



*172. Ammocoetes bicolor, Le Sueur, Mud Lamprey, Connec- 

 ticut River. 



*173. Ammocoetes ? Ayres, Small Lamprey, East 



Hartford. 



Although the fossil fishes of Connecticut have mostly been 

 described in this Journal, yet it is deemed highly important that 

 a list of such as have been found in this state should be attached 

 to this catalogue as a short place of reference, and as we excel 

 almost every other state in the Union in this department, it seems 

 but just to add them here. We are greatly indebted to Mr. Wil- 

 liam C. Redfield, and his son, Mr. J. H. Redfield, and yourself, 

 for this list. 



1. Palaeoniscus fultus, Agassiz, Middletown and Durham. 



2. Paleeoniscus latus, J. H. Redfield, Middletown and Durham. 



3. Palasoniscus macropterus, Wm. C. Redfield, Middletown 

 and Durham. 



4. PalsBoniscus Agassizii, W. 0. Redfield, Westfield, Middle- 

 field and Durham. 



5. Palaeoniscus ovatus, W. C. Redfield, Westfield, Middlefield 

 and Durham. 



6. Catopterus gracilis, J. H. Redfield, same localities. 



7. Catopterus anguilliformis, W. C. Redfield, Middletown. 



8. Catopterus parvulus, W. C. Redfield, Middletown. 



Nos. 1, 2, 4, are found in this Journal, Vol. xliv, p. 135. Nos. 

 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, are found in Vol. xli, pp. 25-28, and so is No. 1. 

 All are found in our new red sandstone. 



*171. I have taken in the Housatonic several of this species of lamprey hj 

 dredging for shells ; one of which I sent to Dr. Storer. He decided it to be this 

 recently described species. 



*172. The first and only specimen of this species in New England was obtained 

 by Le Sueur, in the Connecticut river, near Northampton. Dr. Kirtland obtained 

 three in Ohio. Vide his Report on Zoology of Ohio, note 72, page 197. 



"173. Mr. W. O. Ayres, then of East Hartford, (now of New Rochelle, N. Y.,) 

 discovered a small lamprey in the former place which he considers new and un- 

 described. His delay in furnishing a description and specific name, has been oc- 

 casioned by a desire to obtain fresh specimens, which would enable him absolutely 

 to settle the point, but which last season he was unable to accomplish. 



