400 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [14] 



Coregonus tullibee is rare in this Museum ; I can find only one example 

 of it at present. It is said to be somewhat common in the waters of the 

 Hudson Bay region. Although a handsome species, it is not equal to 

 the lake herring (G. artedi) in flavor. Our specimen was sent here by 

 Mr. E. G. Blackford, of New York, who wrote that the tullibee is found 

 in lakes in the extreme north of Minnesota, and also in Manitoba. This 

 was in December, 1877, since which time no examples have been re- 

 ceived. 



Salmo stomias is conjectured by Jordan and Gilbert to be a variety of 

 S. purpuratus. It is said to extend from Kansas Biver to the Upper 

 Missouri, and to reach a length of 24 inches. 



Salvelinus naresii (Giinther) has recently been referred by Jordan and 

 Gilbert to S. oquassa (Girard). This action is based upon examination 

 of the descriptions only, and we must not consider that the identity of 

 the two is yet established. 



The remaining four species of Salvelinus (arcturus, rossii, nitidus, and 

 stagnalis) are known to us only from the published descriptions. They 

 inhabit the extreme northeastern portions of North America and the 

 adjacent Arctic regions. 



FISHES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND EAST FLORIDA. 



The whole number of species now recorded from this region is about 

 380, and nearly 300 of these are in the list published by Goode & Bean 

 July 29, 1882,* of the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. A catalogue of the 

 fishes of East Florida, prepared by Mr. G. Brown Goode in 1879,t con- 

 tains the names of 223 species, all but 80 of which are mentioned in the 

 catalogue of fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. 



One hundred and fifty-nine of the species recorded in these two lists 

 are exhibited in the series prepared for the London Exhibition. An 

 examination of the catalogues will show that about 90 families are rep- 

 resented. Of these families the following have a comparatively large 

 number of species : Diodontidce, Tetrodontidw, Balistidce, SyngnatMdce, 

 Soleidce, Pleuronectidce, Ophidiidcc, Blenniidce, Gobiidce, Triglidce, Labridw, 

 Pomacentridce, Ghwtodontidce, XipJiiidce, Scombridce, Garangidce, Scice- 

 nidce, Sparidce, Pristipomatidce, GentrarcMdce, Serranidw, Belonidce, Gy- 

 prinodontidce, Clupeidce, and Munrcenidce. The fishes of commercial 

 importance are to be found in the families Pleuronectidce, Labridce, Glim- 

 todontidcc, Xiphiidce, Scombrldce, Garangidcc, Scicenidce, Sparidw, Pristi- 

 pomatidce, Gentrarchidce, Serranidw, and Clupeidce, and even from this 

 list one may subtract the first four without much diminishing the total. 



* Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, pp. 234-240. 



tProc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ii, pp. 108-121, September 19, 1879. 



