132 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TELEOSTOMI. ACANTHOPTERI. 



BATRACHOIDIDAE. 



304. Opsanus tau (Linne). 

 Toadfish. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. nius., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2315. 



Gadiis tau Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 440. "in 

 Carolina." . • 



Batrachus tau Linne. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad. 1855, vol. 5, p. 

 271, pi. 19, fig. 1-2. 



Me.— Kittery [?] (Holmes 1862). 



Mass.— Holmes Hole (Storer 1839); Tisbury (Storer 1855); 

 Cohasset (B. S. N. H., Bryant coll.) ; Long Point Creek (B. S. N. H., 

 1874); Massachusetts Bay (Goode & Bean 1879); Menemsha 

 Bight (Kendall coll. 1896); Woods Hole (Baird 1873; Bean 1880 

 and Smith 1898). 



R. L — Narragansett Bay (R. I. fish comm. 1998). 



Conn.— Xoank (Bean 1880). 



PHOLIDIDAE. 



305. Pholis gunnellus (Linne). 

 Butterfish; Rockeel. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 3, p. 

 2419; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 342, fig. 832. 



Blennius gumielhis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 257. 

 "in Oceano Atlantico." 



Gunnellus mucronatus Cuv. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1855, 

 vol. 5, p. 260, pi. 17, fig. 2. 



Gunnellus macrocepJialus Girard. Storer, ]\iem. amer. acad., 

 1855, vol. .5, p. 261, pi. 17, fig. 3. 



Me. — Along the whole coast. Eastport (U. S. nat. mus. 1872; 



