PISCES. 61 



TELEOSTOMI. HEMIBRANCHII. 



GASTEROSTEIDAE. 



Gasterosteus inconstans Kirtland, Bost. journ. nat. hist., 1841, 

 vol. 3, p. 273, pi. 2, fig. 1. "Trumbull County, Ohio." 



Me. — Tributary brook of Cobbosseecontee Lake (Smith 1900; 

 Kendall 1903). 



Vt.— Mouth of Franklin Brook (Evermann & Kendall 1894). 



131. PuNGiTius PUNGiTius (Linne). 

 Nine-spined stickleback. 



Gasterosteus pungitius Linne. Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, 

 p. 296. "EuROPA." Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1853, vol. 5, 

 p. 91, pi. 8, fig. 5. 



Pygosteus pungitius Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. 

 mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 745. 



Me. — Kennebec County (Storer 1837); Eastport (U. S. nat. 

 mus. 1872); Brunswick (Bowdoin college 1890); Grand Lake 

 Streain (Kendall 1894) ; Casco Bay (Lee 1885) ; Freeport (Kendall 

 coll.); Cross Lake Thoroughfare, Aroostook County (Kendall coll. 

 1901 and 1903); Sebois River (Kendall coll. 1902). 



Mass.— Salem (Storer 1839); Salem (Wheatland 1859); Fresh- 

 water pond, Annisquam (B. S. N. H., Hyatt, Van Vleck .& Gardiner 

 coll.); Quashnet River, Falmouth (Kendall coll. 1894); Woods 

 Hole (Baird 1873; Bean 1880 and -Smith 1898). 



R. L— (Tracy 1906). 



Conn. — Housatonic (Linsley 1844); Hockanum River (Ayres 

 1844). 



132. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linne. 



Three-spined stickleback; Thornback; stickleback; Hompout. 



Linne, Syst. nat. ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 295. "Europa." 

 Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 747; 

 1900, pi. 99, fig. 320. 



