138 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TELEOSTOMI. ACANTHOPTERI. 



GADIDAE. 



Merlangus purpureus Storer. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1858, 

 vol. 6, p. 358, pi. 28, fig. 3. 



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

 Verrill 1871; Bean 1880; Kendall coll. 1893); off Moosabec 

 Light; Isle au Haute, Matinic, Matinicus, Monhegan and Seguin 

 islands; Cape Porpoise (Collins & Rathbun 1887); Sheepscot 

 River (Bowdoin college); Casco Bay (Lee 1885; Kendall coll. 

 1892; 1896; 1900-1904); Searsport; Stockton Springs; Brook- 

 ville (Evermann 1903). 



Mass. — Common along whole coast; Jeffries Ledge (Storer 

 1839 and 1859); Provincetown (Atwood 1867); Salem Harbor 

 (B. S. N. H., Brown coll.); Annisquam (B. S. N. H., Hyatt & 

 Van Vleck coll.); Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Bean 1880); 

 Gloucester (Bean 1880); North Truro; Monomoy; Menemsha 

 Bight (Kendall coll. 1896); Vineyard Sound (Smith 1898); Nan- 

 tucket (Sharp & Fowler 1904). 



R. L — Narragansett Bay (R. L fish comm. 1899); Dutch Island 

 Harbor and from Brentons Reef to Sakonnet (Tracy 1906). 



Conn. — Long Island Sound; Stratford (Linsley 1844). 



317. MiCROGADUS TOMCOD (Walbaum). 

 Tomcod; Frostfish. 



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

 2540. 



Gadus tomcod Walbaum, Artedi Pise, 1792, p. 133. "New 

 York." 



Morrhua pruinosa DeKay. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad. 1858, 

 vol. 6, p. 357, pi. 27, fig. 5. 



Me. — Common along whole coast. Eastport (U. S. nat. mus. 

 1872; Bean 1880; Kendall coll. 1893); Machias, Chandlers, 

 Wescohgus, Tunk, Penobscot, Kennebec and Piscataqua rivers; 

 Casco Bay and tributaries (Atkins 1887); Casco Bay (Lee 1885; 



