FISHES OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 811 



83.— CLUPEID^. 



Brevoortia MENHADEN (Mitcli.) Gill.— MeiihadeD {Vineyard Sound)) 

 munaawhatteaug [Narragansett Indians) ; pogy, pogbadeu {east coast 

 of New England)] moss-bunker (^ezo Yorlc)) pauhadeu, paiibageu (JVew 

 England)] hard-head, bony-fish {Massachusetts Bay)-, skippaug or 

 bunker {east end of Long Island)-, bony-fish {SaybrooJc)-, white-fish 

 {Sayhrooh to MUford, Connecticut) ; fat-back and yellow -tail {coast of 

 North Carolina)) bug-fish {Carolina). 

 Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 

 Alosa sapidissima (Wilson) Storer. — Shad. 



Newfoundland to Florida, 

 Opisthonema thrissa Gill. — Thread -herring; menhaden (Portland) ) 

 shad-herring {Neiv YorJc). 



Newfoundland to Florida. 

 PoMOLOBUS PSEUDOHARENGUS (Wilson) Gill. — Herring {Southern 

 States); alevt if e{Netc England)-, gSLS^pereau. {British ]jrovi7ices); spring- 

 herring {Neiv England)-, aumsuog {Narragansett Indians) ; kyack, blue- 

 back, alewife, sawbelly, cat-thresher {Portland, Me.) 

 Newfoundland to Florida. 

 PoMOLOBUS MEDiocRis (Mitch.) Gill. — Tailor herring {Potomac) -, fall- 

 shad. 



Newfoundland to Florida. 

 Clupea HARENaus Linn. — English herring. 

 Polar regions to Cape Cod. 



84.— DOEOSOMIDJE. 



DoROSOMA Cepedianum (Lac.) Gill. — Toothed herring. 

 Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



85.— ENGEAULID.E. 



Engraulis yittatus (Mitch.) Bd. and Girard. — Anchovy. 



Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 

 Engraulis Brownii (Gmelin) Yal.- Anchovy. 



Cape Cod to Florida (New York, Yal). 



86.— SILUEID^. 



JElitrichthysmabinus (Mitch.) B air d and Girard. — Fork-tailed cat-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Ariopsis Milberti (Yal.) Gill.— Sea cat-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 



87.— CONGEID^. 



Conger oceanica (Mitch.) Gill. — Conger-eel. 

 Newfoundland to West indies. 



88.— ANGUILLID^. 



Anguilla bostoniensts (Les.) DeKay. — Common eel. 

 Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 



