164 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Again, it is true that a very large number of the species which have been recorded 

 for the Woods Hole region do not really belong to our local fauna at all, but are to be 

 regarded as occasional stragglers which probably follow the Gulf Stream hither from the 

 tropical or semitropical seas. Such without exception are the barracudas (Sphyraenidae) , 

 pompanos (Trachynotus) , groupers (Epinephelus, Garuppa, Mycteroperca), snappers 

 (Lutianus), parrot-fishes (Scarus, Sparisoma), butterfly-fishes (Chcetodori), surgeon-fishes 

 (Teuthis), trunk- fishes (Lactophrys) , and the sargassum-fish (Pterophryne histrio); 

 together with most of the flying-fishes (ExocGetida) , drums (Scianidce) , and many others. 



But the list of southward-ranging species is likewise seen to comprise the greater 

 number of our most familiar local fishes, both the permanent residents and the "migra- 

 tory" species, which are only observed during half of the year or less. 



Of the northern species less than half are taken with any frequency in local waters. 

 To this group belong most of the sticklebacks and sculpins, the lumpsucker and "sea 

 snails," all of the "blenniform" fishes {Pholis, Ulvaria, Cryptacanthodes, Anarhichas, 

 Zoarces, Lycodes), about half of the Gadidae, three of the flounders, and several others. 

 It is quite likely that in the deep, cold waters offshore other representatives of the 

 northern fish fauna would be taken. 



The following table includes all of the identified species comprised in our annotated 

 list, grouped according to their known range as northern or southern. 



Species having a predominantly northward range (29). 



Myxine glutinosa North Atlantic, south to Cape Cod; one record off Delaware. 



PCetorhinus maximus Arctic seas, straying as far as Virginia. 



Raja ocellata Eastport to New York. 



Salmo salar Hudson Bay to Cape Cod; formerly in Hudson River and Delaware 



River. 



Pungitius pungitius Arctic Sea to Long Island. 



Gasterosteus aculeatus Labrador to New Jersey. 



Gasterosteus bispinosus Bay of Fundy to Woods Hole and perhaps Connecticut. 



Tautogolabrus adspersus Labrador to Sandy Hook. 



Sebastes marinus Greenland to New Jersey. 



Myoxocephalus groenlandicus . .Greenland to New York. 

 Myoxocephalus octodecimspino- 



sus Labrador to Virginia. 



Hemitripterus americanus Labrador to New York. 



Cyclopterus lumpus North Atlantic south to New York. 



Neoliparis atlanticus Newfoundland to Cape Cod; Woods Hole. 



Liparis liparis Spitzbergen to Connecticut. 



Pholis gunnellus Labrador to Bridgeport, Conn. 



Ulvaria subbifurcata North Atlantic south to Cape Cod; Vineyard Sound. 



Cryptacanthodes maculatus Labrador to Long Island Sound. 



Anarhichas lupus North Atlantic south to Cape Cod; Narragansett Bay. 



Zoarces anguillaris Labrador to Delaware. 



Lycodes reticulatus Greenland to Narragansett Bay. 



Pollachius virens North Atlantic south to Cape Cod; Long Island Sound. 



Microgadus toracod Labrador to Virginia. 



Rhinonemus cimbrius North Atlantic south in deep water to the Gulf Stream. 



Gaidropsarus argentatus Greenland to Vineyard Sound. 



Brosmius brosme North Atlantic south to Cape Cod; off Newport. 



Hippoglossus hippoglossus Northern seas southward to Sandy Hook. 



Hippoglossoides platessoides. . . .North Atlantic south to Cape Cod; Rhode Island. 

 Limanda ferruginea Labrador to New York. 



