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199. Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus. (Plate VIII, figures 76 and 77). 

 German Carp. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Native to Asia, but introduced into Europe long ago; and of late years into North America: 



has made its way from the United States into the Bay of Quinte and other Canadian 



waters, being common throughout the Detroit River. 



200. Carassius auratus Linnaeus. 

 Goldfish. 



Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Native to Japan and China, but introduced into waters of the United States, and well nigh 



cosmopolitan as an introduced fresh water pond and aquarium fish, wherein it breeds 



freely — sometimes even in the latter. 



201. Anguilla chrysypa Rafinesque. (Plate VIII, figures 80 and 81). 

 American Eel. 



Lacustrine, fluviatile, and catadromous: alleged to move sometimes through damp grass 

 over land to adjacent waters. 



Widely distributed in British North America from Newfoundland and Labrador westward; 

 recorded from a stream in Anticosti Island (Schmitt, 1904): " does not occur above the 

 Grand Falls, St. John River" [New Brunswick] (Cox) : nor according to Nash above the 

 Falls of Niagara in Ontario, the Falls "forming an insurmountable obstacle to further 

 progress": in the United States extending from Maine westward to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, and southward into Mexico and Central America: occurs also in the West Indies: 

 "caught in considerable numbers in Porto Rico in the small bamboo traps or 'nasas' 

 set in the small rivers" (Evermann and Marsh, 1899): recorded from streams and lakes 

 of Greenland (Fabricius, 1780, as Murcena anguilla). 



202. Simenchelys parasiticus Gill. 

 Snubnosed Eel. 



Bathybial: Parasitic: burrowing into the flesh of the halibut and other fishes. 

 Recorded from the Banks off Newfoundland and from Sable Island Banks:* recorded also 

 from the Azores (Collett, 1889, as Conchognathus grimaldii). 



203. Leptocephalus conger Linnaeus. (Plate VIII, figure 82). 

 Conger Eel. 



-Marine. 



Atlantic Ocean: on the American side extending from Cape Cod to Brazil: recorded by 

 Dr. Stahl from Porto Rico (Evermann and Marsh, 1899) : coasts of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa: has been recorded from New Brunswick — "a specimen taken in Pokemouche 

 Gully in October, 1849" (Cox). 



*A specimen collected near Sable Island Banks is figured in Drs. Jordan and Evermann's 'Fishes of North and 

 Middle America,' vol. IV, pi. LVI. 



